Former CEO Vikram Sinha re-elected to Ooredoo Maldives’ board

Vikram Sinha, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ooredoo Maldives, has been re-elected as a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

Sinha, along with George Bowring Challenor and Moza Mohd A Y Darwis, were re-elected to Ooredoo Maldives’ board during the company’s Annual General Meeting held on Sunday night.

Born in Jamshedpur, India, Sinha rose from humble beginnings to becoming the leader of Indonesia’s second-largest mobile network operator.

Sinha started my career at Coca-Cola India as a sales manager. He climbed up the ranks and filled numerous positions at the company, from brand manager, to marketing. Armed with the experience he acquired; he became the Regional Manager at StarTV. From there, he moved on to Airtel, where his career took a transformative turn as his operational skills and mark expansion skills became apparent.

He served at Airtel for a decade both in India and in Africa, before joining the Qatari telecom giant, Ooredoo Group.

Sinha’s ability to turn challenging markets into high-performing units earned him key roles with Ooredoo, in the Maldives, Seychelles and Myanmar, before he took charge at Indosat Ooredoo, in Indonesia.

Sinha – known for his interpersonal skills and openness to new ideas - brought revolutionary changes to Maldivian telecommunication industry during his time in the country.

Sinha took the reins of Ooredoo Maldives as its CEO in 2014 when Wataniya Maldives was rebranded to Ooredoo Maldives, and remained CEO of Ooredoo Maldives until 2017.

He has been serving on the board of Ooredoo Maldives since 2021.

Sinha currently serves as the President Director and CEO of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison – and is widely regarded as one of the most forward-looking telecom CEOs in the realm of AI.

Ooredoo Maldives’ AGM on Sunday was attended by 74 shareholders, with 60 shareholders being present in person and another 11 proxyholders representing 14 shareholders.

The total number of shares represented at the AGM was 134,282, shares which represents 90.85 percent of the total issued shares.

At the meeting, shareholders approved MVR 3.43 per share as the dividend for the year 2024.