Datuk Bazlan, aged 46, a Malaysian, was appointed Non-Independent Executive Director of TM on 25 April 2008. He is currently the Group Chief Financial Officer of TM. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), United Kingdom and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). He began his career as an auditor with a public accounting firm in 1986 and subsequently served the Sime Darby Group, holding various positions in its corporate office in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Melaka. In 1993, he had a brief stint in American Express before joining Kumpulan FIMA Berhad in 1994, where he was subsequently appointed Senior Vice President, Finance/Company Secretary. He joined Celcom Axiata Berhad (formerly known as Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad) in 2001 as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) prior to his appointment as TM Group CFO on 1 May 2005. Effective 1 November 2009, he also oversees the operations of Global, Wholesale and Support Business. Datuk Bazlan sits on the Boards of several subsidiaries within the TM Group and is also a member of the Issues Committee of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB).