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SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
HOWKIM LIAN
How Kim Lian (Male), aged 45, oversees
AirAsia Group’s digital businesses. He
joined AirAsia in March 2015 as Chief
Financial Officer of AirAsia Berhad.
Prior to this, he was with
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Consulting, leading the Finance
Consulting practice in Malaysia. He has
over 19 years of experience in finance
function improvement, programme
management and enterprise performance
management on a range of assignments in
various countries.
At PwC, he led numerous organisational
and finance transformation projects in
industries such as logistics, aviation
and the government sector. He also led
assignments in merger integration and
enterprise performance management to
assist companies gain better insight into
their business.
How is a Certified Public Accountant
and Certified Internal Auditor, as well as
a member of the Malaysian Institute of
Accountants (MIA) and the Institute of
Internal Auditors (IIA).
DECLAN HOGAN
Declan Hogan (Male), aged 44, is
responsible for conceiving and
implementing new ideas for information
technology to ensure AirAsia’s position
as market leaders in technology and
innovation.
He brings with him over 20 years of
experience in IT, with the last 10 years in
senior management positions. Prior to
joining AirAsia, he was Vice President of IT
at FlyDubai in the UAE where he led the
setup and management of the airline’s IT
function. He has also held various IT and
management positions in organisations
across various industries, including
telecommunications, real estate and
private equity ventures across the UAE,
Australia and the UK.
Hogan has a Bachelor of Arts in
Anthropology and a Postgraduate
Diploma in Communications from the
National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
NIKUNJ SHANTI
Nikunj Shanti (Male), aged 39, brings a
strong mix of retail, product and analytical
experience to his role as Chief Data Officer,
where he leads efforts to use customer
data in ground-breaking ways to deliver
significant growth for our business.
Prior to joining AirAsia, Shanti was with
Emirates Airlines in Dubai working on
data projects to help increase conversion,
customer experience and integrate data-
driven approaches to various operational
units. Previously, he worked at Tigerair
running the e-commerce and ancillary
revenue team. Before Tigerair, he spent
seven years at Expedia Inc leading
various teams, with his last position
being the Head of Analytics and Website
Optimisation.
Shanti has a Bachelor of Science from
Columbia University and dual minors in
Economics and Computer Science.
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