Maxis names Gِkhan Ogut CEO

KUALA LUMPUR: Maxis Bhd has appointed Gökhan Ogut as  chief executive officer (CEO) to take office on May 1, 2019.

In a statement Monday, Maxis said Ogut, who was appointed as the chief operating officer of Maxis since Sept 1, 2018, takes over from Robert Nason, who is currently the interim CEO of Maxis. Ogut will be reporting to the chairman and the board. 

“We are pleased to welcome Ogut as CEO of Maxis.  We are confident that with his vast experience and focus on innovation and growth, he is the right person to drive our new strategy,” chairman Raja Tan Sri Arshad said. 

Ogut was previously the CEO of Vodafone Turkey. Before Vodafone, Ogut was in senior marketing as well as general management roles with a number of large and well-known companies like Danone and Procter & Gamble, holding positions that had domestic as well as global responsibilities in Turkey, US and France. 

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey and a Master in Business Administration from University of
Illinois, Chicago.

Nason will remain on the board as a non independent non executive director, and will be appointed as chairman of the Business and IT Transformation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. 

The board has provided for a smooth transition period between Ogut and Nason which will expire at the conclusion of Nason’s contract as the interim CEO of Maxis on April 30.