{"id":103833,"date":"2026-01-20T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcigroup.my\/?p=103833"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:42:34","slug":"aax-tukar-jawatan-benyamin-ismail-sebagai-pengurus-besar-lantik-tharumalingam-ceo-kumpulan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcigroup.my\/ms\/berita-bisnes\/aax-tukar-jawatan-benyamin-ismail-sebagai-pengurus-besar-lantik-tharumalingam-ceo-kumpulan\/","title":{"rendered":"AAX Tukar Jawatan Benyamin Ismail Sebagai Pengurus Besar, Lantik Tharumalingam CEO Kumpulan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Jan &#8212;\u00a0AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) menukar jawatan\u00a0ketua pegawai eksekutifnya (CEO) Benyamin Ismail kepada pengurus besar\u00a0berkuat kuasa hari ini\u00a0sebagai sebahagian daripada penstrukturan perniagaan penerbangan AirAsia Group di bawah AAX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dalam makluman kepada&nbsp;Bursa Malaysia hari ini, syarikat penerbangan tambang&nbsp;rendah itu berkata Benyamin, 48, yang menyertai AirAsia pada Mac 2010&nbsp;berkhidmat sebagai CEO AAX sejak 1 Sept,&nbsp;2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selepas penstrukturan semula hutang yang berjaya, AAX mengekalkan rekod keuntungan suku tahunan di bawah kepimpinannya&nbsp;yang turut memainkan peranan penting dalam pemulihan syarikat daripada status Nota Amalan 17 (PN17), kata syarikat itu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Setakat ini, syarikat kekal membuat keuntungan dalam operasi semasanya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Dalam peranan baharunya sebagai pengurus besar, Benyamin akan terus menjadi pengurus yang bertanggungjawab bagi AAX dalam mengendalikan operasi harian sebagai syarikat penerbangan,&#8221; tambahnya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AAX berkata Benyamin menawarkan kepakaran industri yang luas diperoleh melalui pelbagai peranan dalam sektor kewangan apabila&nbsp;beliau menghabiskan masa selama lapan tahun dalam perbankan pelaburan dengan memberi tumpuan kepada pasaran modal hutang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dalam makluman&nbsp;berasingan kepada Bursa Malaysia, AAX juga mengumumkan pelantikan Tharumalingam Kanagalingam sebagai CEO kumpulan baharunya&nbsp;yang juga berkuat kuasa 19 Jan,&nbsp;2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tharumalingam&nbsp;yang lebih dikenali sebagai Bo Lingam, menyertai AirAsia pada 2001 dengan&nbsp;memainkan peranan penting dalam membentuk hala tuju strategik serta&nbsp;rangka kerja operasi&nbsp;AirAsia Aviation Group, kata syarikat itu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beliau memegang pelbagai jawatan kepimpinan kanan sepanjang berkhidmat&nbsp;termasuk pengurus kanan perolehan dan bekalan, pengarah perkhidmatan tetamu serantau, ketua operasi dan perancangan serta&nbsp;ketua pegawai operasi kumpulan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tharumalingam pernah memegang jawatan&nbsp;presiden dan ketua pegawai operasi kumpulan, timbalan CEO kumpulan penerbangan&nbsp;dan presiden kumpulan penerbangan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sebagai CEO kumpulan, Tharumalingam akan terus memacu evolusi syarikat penerbangan dengan memberi keutamaan kepada kecemerlangan operasi, mengoptimumkan proses&nbsp;dan meningkatkan pengalaman pelanggan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beliau juga akan mengukuhkan kehadiran AirAsia di Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Filipina dan Kemboja&nbsp;serta mengawasi penubuhan syarikat penerbangan baharu dalam kumpulan itu, tambahnya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Jan &#8212;\u00a0AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) menukar jawatan\u00a0ketua pegawai eksekutifnya (CEO) Benyamin Ismail kepada pengurus besar\u00a0berkuat kuasa hari ini\u00a0sebagai sebahagian daripada penstrukturan perniagaan penerbangan AirAsia Group di bawah AAX. 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