Astro appoints new CFO

PETALING JAYA: Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd has appointed Dr Grace Lee Hwee Leng as its new chief financial officer (CFO) with effect from Jan 1, 2024.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, Astro said Lee, 48, will succeed Shafiq Abdul Jabbar, 46, who has been appointed AMMB Holding’s Bhd’s CFO from Feb 15, 2024.

Lee re-joined Astro as the group chief operating officer in August 2023. Prior to that, she was the CFO of Aeon Co (M) Bhd. Before joining Aeon, she had served Astro from 2002 until 2021 and held several roles which included head of process improvement, group financial controller, chief risk officer, chief executive officer of Go Shop and group transformation officer.