<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><span style="font-style: italics;">This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on January 24, 2018</span></p></div><div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia Bhd has appointed Al-Ishsal Ishak as group chief executive officer (CEO) effective Feb 2, replacing Datuk Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh who resigned on Dec 31, 2017.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>With the appointment, Datuk Azlan Shahrim will cease as covering group CEO of Pos Malaysia but will continue as group chief operating officer of postal and courier of Pos Malaysia.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, Pos Malaysia said Al-Ishsal, 49, started his career with Turnaround Managers Inc before embarking on entrepreneurial endeavours, mostly in the digital space from 1994 to 2008. He also had a stint as chief digital officer of McCann Erickson Worldgroup and was the former CEO of Baraka Telecom.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Al-Ishsal joined Malaysian Airline System Bhd as its senior vice-president of marketing and products in January 2012, and left to join AirAsia Bhd as group head of ancillary income in October in the same year. He also held various senior positions in Tune Group.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>He was on the board of Malaysia Digital Economy Corp and was a former council member of National Technology Information Council. He was also managing director for Southeast Asia of ECO Capacity Exchange Ltd (London), as well as trainer and consultant for Airbus Group.<br />
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KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia Bhd has appointed Al-Ishsal Ishak as group chief executive officer (CEO) effective Feb 2, replacing Datuk Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh who resigned on Dec 31, 2017.

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<p>A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated, authorities said on Sunday.</p>
