KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — Maxis Bhd (Maxis) has appointed Goh Seow Eng as its chief executive officer (CEO) with effect on December 1, 2022.

In a statement today, chairman Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir said Goh would join Maxis as CEO-designate on November 1, 2022 before officially taking over from Maxis’ current CEO Gokhan Ogut, who would complete his service on November 30, 2022.

He said Goh has vast experience in the telco industry with a solid track record in mobile and fibre broadband, fixed-line business and digital services.

"We look forward to working with him to spearhead and drive the next phase of our convergence journey,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mokhzani has expressed his appreciation and gratitude to Ogut for helming Maxis as CEO for the past three and a half years.

"As CEO, he led the company through a challenging and uncertain time, largely driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, which needed innovative solutions and decisions,” he said.

Goh was previously the president and chief operating officer (COO) of Advanced Info Service (AIS) in Thailand, where he was responsible for all operating units, including the core mobile business, and oversaw the company’s expansion into the fibre broadband market as well as the enterprise business.

Prior to AIS, he was the managing director of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd’s home business and CEO of the entertainment division of Tanjong plc in Malaysia.

He has also held various regional and global positions at Citibank in London, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Tokyo. — Bernama