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THARUMALINGAM
A/L KANAGALINGAM
@ BO LINGAM
Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer (Airline Business)
Malaysian
Tharumalingam Kanagalingam (Male), aged 53, also known as Bo Lingam, is Deputy
Group Chief Executive Officer (Airline Business).
Bo joined AirAsia in 2001 as a Ground Operations Manager, responsible for the
implementation of the low-cost concept in operations and procurement. Since then,
he has held several key positions including Purchasing and Supplies Senior Manager,
Regional Guest Services Director and President and Group Chief Operations Officer,
supervising and driving process improvements in AirAsia’s operations in Malaysia,
Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Japan. He was also instrumental in setting
up new airlines in the region for the Group.
Prior to joining AirAsia, and upon completing his Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia, he worked
extensively in the publication and music industry at various production houses, including
as Production Controller at EMI Music Malaysia as well as Operations Manager and
Promotions Manager at Warner Music Malaysia.
Bo currently serves as Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer (Airline Business),
overseeing our airline operations, commercial and finance functions, network planning
and cargo, as well as the business development of new airlines.
AIREEN OMAR
Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer (Digital, Transformation and Corporate Services)
Malaysian
Aireen Omar (Female), aged 44, is Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer (Digital,
Transformation and Corporate Services), responsible for AirAsia’s digital strategy,
promoting innovation throughout the group and encouraging collaboration across AirAsia’s
businesses and markets. Additionally, she oversees large, strategic Group-wide initiatives
to help transform AirAsia into a global, cloud-driven product and platform company.
She also spearheads AirAsia’s non-airline companies such as BigPay, AirAsia BIG Loyalty,
ROKKI, Travel360, Vidi, RedTix, AirAsiaGo, Big Data for Humans, Red Box and Santan.
Prior to this, Aireen was AirAsia Malaysia Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer,
Regional Head of Corporate Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations, and was also a
member of the Safety Review Board.
Aireen joined AirAsia in January 2006 as Director of Corporate Finance, her portfolio
expanding quickly to also include Treasury, Fuel Procurement and Investor Relations
functions. Taking on these roles, she was instrumental in shaping the development of
AirAsia into one of the fastest growing and most highly-acclaimed airlines globally.
She launched her career at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc in 1997, holding positions in New
York and London before leaving in 2000 from the Equity Arbitrage Proprietary Trading
Desk focusing on international equities, equity derivatives and equity-linked products.
After returning to Malaysia in 2001, she served in several major local financial institutions
including the Maybank Group, the country’s largest banking and financial services group.
She is an Economics graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science
and also holds a Master in Economics from New York University.
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