Axiata has announced the appointment of Dr Farid Mohamed Sani as the group's independent nonexecutive director effective 3 October 2024.

Dr Farid Mohamed Sani is the Head, Digitalisation and Head, Transformation of Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah). He rejoined Khazanah in December 2018 after serving as Chief Strategy Officer of UEM Group.

Prior to that, he was with Telekom Malaysia from 2012 to 2017. Dr Farid first joined Khazanah in July 2004 and stayed until 2011. He was previously a consultant at McKinsey & Co.