Tengku Azmil
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Malaysia Airlines
Tengku Dato’ Azmil Zahruddin, 39, is the Managing Director of Malaysia Airlines. He was first appointed to the Board of Malaysia Airlines on 23 August 2004 and subsequently as Executive Director on 23 August 2005 and Chief Financial Officer on 1 February 2006.
He was part of the senior management team who successfully led the turnaround of Malaysia Airlines. The 3-year Business Turnaround Plan was completed in less than 2 years in 2008.
He is currently driving the Business Transformation Plan which aims to transform the national carrier into The World’s Five Star Value Carrier, offering 5-Star products and services at affordable prices.
Azmil is also a board member of Tourism Malaysia.
Prior to Malaysia Airlines, Azmil was the Chief Financial Officer and then Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia Airlines’ holding company. He was also with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their London and Hong Kong offices where he was in the Audit and Business Advisory Services division, specialising in financial services.
Azmil holds a double first class degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He is a Chartered Accountant and an associate member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is also an Associate of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, United Kingdom.
