Johan Dennelind has been appointed as the new CEO of Malaysia-based Maxis Bhd, an integrated communications service provider, effective July 1, 2013. As executive director, he will report to the chairman of the board, Raja Tan Sri Arshad Uda. He succeeds Sandip Das who will remain on the board as non-executive director.

Dennelind has served in senior leadership positions in telecommunications companies in a number of countries over the last 13 years, including DiGi.Com Bhd and the Telenor Group. He is currently CEO of Vodacom International and a member of Vodafone’s CEO Senior Leadership Team. Johan holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from the University of Orebro, Sweden. He has also attended executive management programmes at INSEAD and the London Business School.