Dato’ Danapalan, aged 67, a Malaysian, was appointed Independent Non-Executive Director of TM on 25 April 2008. He was made a Senior Independent Director of TM on 21 May 2009. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Malaya and a Masters in Public Administration from Penn State, USA.

He was previously Chairman of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) from February 2004 until his retirement in March 2006. Dato’ Danapalan was Senior Vice President of the Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (MDeC) from June 1998 to January 2004. Before this, he served as Secretary-General of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment from December 1991 until March 1998. He also served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of Social and Community Development and as Deputy Director of the National Institute of Public Administration.

He is currently a Director of Affin Fund Management Berhad, Sirim QAS International Sdn Bhd, Bank Simpanan Nasional Berhad, and a member on the Board of Trustees of M.U.S.T Ehsan Foundation. Dato’ Danapalan is also a Board member of Universiti Telekom Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of TM.