The Board of Directors is collectively responsible for the success of the Company through responsible and effective leadership.
Current Board Composition
The profile of the current Board of Directors of the Company is as follows:
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Ibrahim Athif Shakoor
Chairperson |
Ismail Waheed
Executive Director,
Chief Executive Officer
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Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa
Non-executive Director |
Marco Regnier
Non-executive Director |
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Dr. Ghassan Murad
Non-executive Director
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Idham Hussain
Non-executive Director
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Ibrahim Shareef Mohamed
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Board of Directors' Biographies
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Ibrahim Athif Shakoor (Chairperson)
Mr. Ibrahim Athif Shakoor was appointed as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors in May 2012. He has over 18 years of senior managerial work experience and has held several key positions in both the public and the private sector of the Maldives. He is a visiting lecturer at the Maldives National University, where he enjoys teaching Business Entrepreneurship and Maldivian Business Environment for both degree and diploma courses. He is also the Secretary General of the UK registered and Male’ based International Pole and Line Foundation – a non-profit organization. In addition, he is the Managing Director at Acuity Quest – a financial and managerial consultancy service. Mr. Shakoor has also served as CEO and Managing Director both at the Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) and at the Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company Limited (MIFCO). Mr. Shakoor holds a Master in Business Administration from Monash University, Australia and a Bachelor of Arts at University of South Pacific, Fiji.
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Ismail Waheed (Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director)
Mr. Waheed served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dhiraagu from 2002 through to 2007, till he was appointed as an Executive Director and a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to this, since the formation of the Company in 1988, he also worked in several key operational and commercial positions including Head of Network and Head of Marketing and Customer Services of Dhiraagu. In 2009, Mr. Waheed was appointed as the CEO and Managing Director. Mr. Waheed holds a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunication Systems Management & Design from Anglia Polytechnic University, United Kingdom and has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
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Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa (Group Chief Executive)
Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa, was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer in October 2011. Shaikh Mohamed has had significant telecommunications industry involvement and experience via his appointment as Deputy Chairman of the Batelco Board of Directors since 2004 and has been directly involved in the evolution of Batelco from a public utility to a competitive and innovative market leader in Bahrain and a regional company of reference across the Middle East. He was appointed as the Chairman of SAMENA Telecommunications Council on 1 November 2011, and continues to occupy this role to date. SAMENA is a multi-continent telecommunication association representing the views on various strategic issues from 38 leading telecommunication operators and over 40 service providers across the South Asia, Middle East, North Africa region. His prior experience also includes leading financial and investment roles and representation on the boards of public and private companies. Prior to Batelco, he held the position of CEO, Bahrain Social Insurance Organization (SIO) which was formed by the merger of the General Organization for Social Insurance and the Pension Fund Commission in 2008. Between 2005 and 2008, Shaikh Mohamed held the role of Director General of the General Organization for Social Insurance in Bahrain (GOSI). Throughout his career, Shaikh Mohamed held various senior executive and other roles including Director, Finance and Investment, Manager Foreign Investment Portfolios and Investment Analyst. In addition, Shaikh Mohamed currently serves as Chairman of Oasis Capital Bank and is a Director of Investcorp Bank. He was also appointed on several company boards in different capacities such as Chairman at the Securities and Investments Company (SICO), Vice Chairman at Batelco, Vice Chairman Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait, Vice Chairman Bahrain International Golf Course Company and Director at Bahrain Commercial Facilities Company.
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Marco Regnier (Group Chief Financial Officer)
Marco joins the Group after 14 years in the Telecoms sector. As an executive, he was part of the Leadership teams of multiple greenfield operators in high growth/emerging markets, also leading business tranformation, financial restructuring, process re-engineering and cost leadership programs in more mature incumbent Telco operators, in Latin America, Europe and the MENA region. Prior to this, he was manager at Ernst & Young and financial analyst at Imperial Oil, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil in Canada. Marco is a Chartered Accountant, he graduated in accounting sciences and he holds an MBA from ESG Montreal.
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Dr. Ghassan Murad (Group Director Mergers and Acquisitions)
Dr. Ghassan was appointed as Group Director Mergers and Acquisitions in December 2012. He previously held the position of Batelco Bahrain Chief Financial Officer from September 2010. Since joining Batelco in November 1996, Dr. Ghassan was predominantly responsible for leading inorganic New Business Development and M&A transactional activities in the region, culminating in the role of Head of Mergers & Acquisitions for the Middle East and Africa region. Dr. Ghassan has managed and structured various Telecom license bids, and was also actively involved in a number of successful acquisitions of buying Telecom companies. He also held Board positions in a number of BATELCO’s operational investments in Kuwait (Qualitynet), Jordan (Batelco-Jordan), and currently India (S Tel). Dr. Ghassan’s financial planning and modelling, Telecoms corporate finance, corporate valuation and M&A transactional experience over the last 12 years with the BATELCO Group is complemented with a strong academic background. He holds a Bachelor degree in Control Engineering, an MSc in Control Systems from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (London) and a PhD in Control Systems Theory from the University of Leicester (UK). Before joining BATELCO, Dr. Ghassan worked in the United Kingdom as a Research Associate at the University of Leicester. He was engaged in applied research into the theory of Advanced Control Systems, whereby his research projects were associated with large industrial sponsors from Holland and the United Kingdom.
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Idham Hussain (Non-executive Director)
Ms. Hussain was appointed a member of the Board of Directors in March 2012. She is the Head of the Statistics Division of Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA). Since 1990, she has served in various key positions of MMA including managing the Monetary Policy and the Balance & Payments Sections. She is an Executive Committee Member of MMA. Her research works and publications include 'Examining the Sustainability of the Twin Deficit of Maldives'. Ms. Hussain holds a Masters degree in Management Studies (Economics) from The University of Waikato, New Zealand and a Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
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Ibrahim Shareef Mohamed (Non-executive/Independent Director)
Mr. Ibrahim Shareef Mohamed was elected as the Independent Director to the Dhiraagu Board of Directors at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held on 30th August 2012. With 26 years of work experience, Mr. Shareef Mohamed has served in various key positions of STO; currently serving as the General Manager. He has held various directorship roles in numerous companies which in recent years include serving as Chairperson of Allied Insurance Company and as Executive Director of STO. Mr. Shareef Mohamed holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Shipping Management from the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom (formerly Humberside Polytechnic).
Management Team
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Ismail Waheed
Chief Executive Officer &
Managing Director |
Ismail Rasheed
Chief Executive |
Avnish Jindal
Chief Financial Officer |
Ali Riyaz
Director,
Customer Service & Sales |
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Robert Stephen Bowles
Chief Marketing Executive
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Ahmed Maumoon
Director,
Marketing
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Athifa Ali
Director,
International, Legal & Regulatory
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Mohamed Musad
Director,
Networks
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Ahmed Mohamed Didi
Director,
Human Resources
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Musthag Ahmed Didi
Director,
Customer Solutions
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Mohamed Hazmath Abdulla
Director,
Property, Procurement & Administration
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Sharad Bradoo
Director,
Information Systems
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Profile of the Management Team
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Ismail Waheed (Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director)
Mr. Waheed served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dhiraagu from 2002 through to 2007, till he was appointed as an Executive Director and a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to this, since the formation of the Company in 1988, he also worked in several key operational and commercial positions including Head of Network and Head of Marketing and Customer Services of Dhiraagu. In 2009, Mr. Waheed was appointed as the CEO and Managing Director. Mr. Waheed holds a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunication Systems Management & Design from Anglia Polytechnic University, United Kingdom and has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
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Ismail Rasheed (Chief Executive)
Mr. Rasheed is the Chief Executive of the Company and has been employed by the Company since 1988. Prior to serving in this role, Mr. Rasheed was the head of Networks from 2000 to 2007 and Manager Network Planning & Projects from 1999 to 2000. Mr Rasheed holds a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Systems Management and Design from Anglia Polytechnic University (UK), and a Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) from University of Reading- Henley Business School (UK). He is a chartered engineer and a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (UK).
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Avnish Jindal (Chief Financial Officer)
Mr. Jindal is the Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary and has been employed by Dhiraagu since August 2011. Mr. Jindal has more than 24 years of experience in various industries, where he held key positions such as- Chief Financial Officer at Telikom PNG Ltd, Papua New Guinea from 2010 to 2011, Chief Financial Officer at Etisalat India, Mumbai from 2008 to 2009 and Senior Vice President – Finance at BhartiAirtel, Gurgaon, India. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from University of Rajasthan, India.
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Ali Riyaz (Director, Customer Service and Sales)
Mr. Riyaz has been employed by the Company since 1999. He has served in this current role since 2004. Prior to that, MrRiyaz was the Head of Administration and Human Resources from 1999 to 2004. MrRiyaz holds an Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management from SHATEC College, Singapore and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Business Administration through a distance-learning programme.
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Ahmed Maumoon (Director, Marketing)
Mr. Maumoon has been employed in the Company since 1990. He has served in his current role since 2009. Mr. Maumoon has also worked in the Company's Networks Division, where key roles included Manager of Transmission and Earth Station Department from 1999 to 2002 and Manager of the Mobile Networks Department from 2003 to 2006, and as a Manager in the Marketing Division from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Maumoon holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering - Telecommunication Systems from Coventry University, United Kingdom.
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Athifa Ali (Director, International, Legal & Regulatory)
Ms. Ali has been employed by the Company since 1988. Prior to joining the Company's regulatory division in 2003, Ms. Ali served in various roles in the finance division from 1996 to 2003. She also serves as Chairperson of the Board of the Maldives Pension Administration Office. Ms. Ali holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom. Ms. Ali is a Chartered Management Accountant and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom.
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Mohamed Musad (Director, Networks)
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Ahmed Mohamed Didi (Director, Human Resources)
Mr. Mohamed Didi has been employed in the Company since 2009. Prior to joining Dhiraagu, Mr. Didi worked for the Government of Maldives for over 10 years in various roles within Finance and HR functions. In his career with the Government, Mr. Didi also headed the Human Resource function of the Presidential Palace. He joined the Company as the Manager of Billing and Credit Control and became the Head of Human Resources in May 2010. Mr. Didi holds a Master of Business Administration from Maquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia and a Bachelor of Business and Commerce (Specializing in Accounting and Finance) from Monash University, Australia. Mr. Didi is also a Senior Member of the Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) Maldives.
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Musthag Ahmed Didi (Director, Customer Solutions)
Mr. Didi has been employed by the Company since 1994. Prior to serving as a Director of Customer Solutions, Mr Didi was the Manager Data and IP Solutions from 2004 to 2009 and the Manager Information Systems from 1996 to 2009. Mr. Didi holds a Bachelor's degree in Microelectronics & Computing from University College of Wales, United Kingdom.
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Mohamed Hazmath Abdulla (Director, Property, Procurement & Administration)
Mr. Abdulla has been employed by the Company since 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Abdulla served in senior positions at the Ministry of Finance and Treasury from 1995 to 2004. Mr Abdulla holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Hawaii Pacific University and a Master's degree in Economics, specialising in Public Policy and Taxation, from Yokohama National University, Japan.
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Sharad Bradoo (Director, Information Systems)