Thayaparan S Sangarapillai

Thaya Sangarapillai was appointed to Axiata Group Berhad’s Board of Directors as well as a member of the Board Audit Committee on 18 March 2020. A retired Senior Partner with over 30 years in PwC Malaysia, Thaya has worked extensively with Audit Committees, senior management and Board members of top tier Public Listed Companies across industries in audit, business advisory, mergers and acquisitions, valuations, IPOs and cross border transactions.

Additionally, Thaya is a Board member and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Sime Darby Berhad, Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and AIG (Malaysia) Berhad. Thaya also sits on the Risk Committees of these companies and chairs the Risk Committee of AIG (Malaysia) Berhad.

Thaya is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.