Dato' Rohana Rozhan
Executive Director & Group Chief Executive Officer
Malaysian, age 54, female, was appointed as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on 21 March 2011 and 1 April 2011, respectively. She was re-designated as Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2016.
Dato’ Rohana Rozhan, a pioneer member of the Astro Group, is also the Chief Executive Officer of MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
A principal architect of the Company’s growth strategies that are delivering sustainable returns for its shareholders, she continues to lead the Company through a multitude of industry breakthroughs and firsts.
In recognition of her vision, entrepreneurism, dynamism and efforts in encouraging corporate governance practices, she was named the CEO of the Year 2016 by the Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG) at the MSWG Malaysia-ASEAN CG Awards.
On the global front, she has earned recognition for management and leadership including in championing complementarity and diversity, as well as community and talent development. For CSR, she was granted the Silver Stevie Award for 2013, and CNBC’s Asia Business Awards 2015. Variety Magazine, Los Angeles honoured her as a Woman of Impact 2014, while CNN featured her as a Leading Woman in 2016. She is the recipient of the Toastmasters Golden Gavel 2014 Award and, in 2016, CNBC recognised her as Asia’s Business Leader for Talent Management.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Accounting and Economics from University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK, a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a member of World Economic Forum since 2015. She has also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, USA. Previously, she was attached to the Unilever group of companies from 1985 to 1995, both in UK and Malaysia, where she held various management positions.