REMA DEVI A/P V.K PADMANABHAN
Director
Experience
Rema has a career spanning over 30 years in corporate and regulatory affairs, with significant regional as well as global market entry experience in the ASEAN and South Asia regions. Following her C-suite role of Head Group Regulatory Affairs at Axiata Group Berhad, she retired as Advisor to the CEO of edotco Group (Axiata’s infrastructure subsidiary) in March 2021, where she also served as non-independent Director on subsidiary Boards of Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. A seasoned communications industry executive, she is also nationally recognised for her domain expertise, having been appointed to serve on the MyDIGITAL Legal and Regulatory Framework Committee for Digital Economy and 4IR between May-July 2021, in support of Malaysia’s Digital Economy Blueprint.
Rema started her career in corporate planning and strategy at Telekom Malaysia Berhad in 1990, where her involvement in business and product planning, as well as major corporate transformation exercises locally and abroad helped hone lifelong analytical, problem solving and execution skills.
In 1998, Rema joined the newly established Malaysian communications regulatory authority and world’s premier convergence regulator (MCMC). She subsequently established the regulatory management function at TM International/Axiata Group, developing and leading a 30-strong international team to drive the Group’s strategic business agenda with regional and international regulatory stakeholders. She also served four terms between 2008-2012 as a Member of the Chief Regulatory Officers Group (CROG) of the GSM Association (GSMA), representing hundreds of companies of the mobile ecosystem worldwide.
Rema is a Certified Master Performance Coach, a Director Member of Leadwomen and a Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).
Qualifications:
- Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Human Development, Institute of Advanced Studies, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Institute of Advanced Studies, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Certified Master Performance Coach.
