UPDATE: MAS names new CEO
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia Airlines has appointed Azmil Zahruddin as the managing director/ chief executive of the airline effective immediately.
Azmil will replace Idris Jala who has been appointed minister without portfolio in the Prime Minister’s Department.
Azmil who is the executive director/ chief financial officer of Malaysia Airlines joined the national carrier in 2005 from Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad.
Prior to this, he was attached to PricewaterhouseCoopers in London and Hong Kong.
Ian Jarrett
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