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Datuk Kamarudin Bin Meranun (Male), aged 56, is the co-founder
of AirAsia. He was appointed as a Non-Independent Executive
Chairman of AirAsia Group Berhad (AAGB) on 30 March 2018.
He is also a Non-Independent Executive Chairman of AirAsia
Berhad (AAB), taking the lead in engaging with the government,
aviation regulators and airport authorities of Malaysia. Before
being designated as Executive Chairman, he was AAB’s Deputy
Group Chief Executive Officer.
In December 2001, together with his business partner and
long-time friend Tan Sri (Dr) Tony Fernandes, Datuk Kamarudin
acquired struggling domestic airline AirAsia and relaunched it as
a pioneer of budget travel in Asia, building AirAsia into the world’s
best low-cost carrier.
Prior to setting up AirAsia, Datuk Kamarudin worked at Arab-
Malaysian Merchant Bank from 1988 to 1993 as a Portfolio
Manager, managing both institutional and high net-worth
individual clients’ investment funds. In 1994, he was appointed
Executive Director of Innosabah Capital Management Sdn Bhd,
a subsidiary of Innosabah Securities Sdn Bhd. He subsequently
acquired the shares of the joint venture partner of Innosabah
Capital Management Sdn Bhd, which was later renamed Intrinsic
Capital Management Sdn Bhd.
He holds a Diploma in Actuarial Science from University
Technology MARA (UiTM), and graduated with a BSc with
Distinction (Magna Cum Laude) majoring in Finance in 1986 and
an MBA in 1987 from Central Michigan University.
He received the Darjah Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN), which
carries the title Datuk, from the Malaysian King in November
2013.
Datuk Kamarudin is also a Non-Independent Executive Director
and Group Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X Berhad, in charge of
developing the overarching strategy for AirAsia’s long-haul, low-
cost sister airline which comprises affiliates in Malaysia, Thailand
and Indonesia; a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of
Tune Protect Group Berhad; and a Director of Yayasan Pendidikan
Titiwangsa.
DATUK KAMARUDIN
BIN MERANUN
Non-Independent Executive Chairman
Malaysian
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AirAsia Group Berhad
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