Tan Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes CBE, Malaysian, aged
51, was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer
of the Company in December 2001, re-designated
as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
on 30 June 2012 and subsequently as a Non-
Independent Executive Director and Group Chief
Executive Officer on 6 November 2013. He is also
a member of the Investment Committee of the
Board.
Tan Sri Tony graduated from the London School
of Economics. He was admitted as an Associate
Member of the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants in 1991 and became a Fellow Member
in 1996. He also received an Honorary Doctorate
of Business Innovation from Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia (UTM) in March 2010.
He was the Financial Controller at Virgin
Communications London (1987-1989) before
moving on to be a Senior Financial Analyst at
Warner Music International London (1989-1992),
Managing Director at Warner Music Malaysia
(1992-1996), Regional Managing Director, Asean
(1996-1999) and Vice President, Asean at Warner
Music South East Asia (1999-2001).
In 1999, the Sultan of Selangor bestowed on
him the title Setia Mahkota Selangor for his
contributions to the Malaysian music industry. He
also received the Recording Industry Person of
the Year 1997 award from the Recording Industry
Association of Malaysia.