Began his career as a Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting Asia Pacific (1997-2001), then served as a Special Advisor at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (2001-2007) and the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (2007-2009). He has also served on the boards of various state-owned companies, including Commissioner at PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk (2007-2009), Commissioner at PT Kertas Kraft Aceh (Persero) (2007-2009), and President Commissioner at PT Geodipa Energi (Persero) (2007- 2009). Furthermore, he has held positions such as Managing Director at PT Northstar Pacific Capital (2009-2012), Independent Commissioner and President Director at PT Indosat Tbk (2010-2017), Independent Commissioner at PT Asuransi Tugu Pratama Indonesia Tbk (2011-2013), Independent Commissioner at PT Sarana Menara Nusantara Tbk (Protelindo) (2018-2019), Chairman at Iflix Indonesia (2018-2020), and Commissioner at PT Solusi Sinergi Digital (2019-2022).
Having experience as the Executive Vice President and Group Chief Marketing Officer of Telenor Group, as CFO and CEO of Telenor India, CEO of Grameenphone (Bangladesh), and Chief Operating Officer and CFO of Tata AIA Life Insurance (India). Currently, serves as Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) and Managing Director of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) since March 2023 after serving as Joint Acting GCEO since June 2022 and as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2017.
Having extensive experience in the telecommunications industry including at Siemens AG Germany from 1998 to 2007 with his last position as Director Commercial Sales, as Member of the Supervisory Board of Azerfon LLC Azerbaijan from 2005 to 2006, as Executive Project Manager and CFO CMO North -East Finance & Control at Nokia Siemens Network GmBH & Co. KG Germany from 2007 to 2008, as Member of the Advisory Board at AIESEC Cambodia from 2013 to 2019, as Member of the Council of the European Chamber of Commerce (Eurocham) Cambodia since 2011, as Vice President of the German Business Group (ADW) Cambodia since in 2010, and joined Axiata Group Company since 2014 and has held various director positions, with his last position currently being Group Chief Strategy & Technology Officer at Axiata Group Berhad.