Issuers

Ooredoo Maldives

Ooredoo Maldives provides a wide range of innovative voice, data, broadband, content and enterprise services tailored to the growing needs of today’s consumers and businesses. Guided by its vision of enriching people’s lives and its belief that it can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to assist people achieve their full potential, the Company has transformed the communications industry for the people of the Maldives. Ooredoo Maldives has remained a key innovator and driver of digital transformation in the Maldives and continues to deliver on its promise by introducing world class technologies and digital solutions, connecting people to endless possibilities.
As a community-focused company, we are extremely proud to have supported local and regional businesses across the industries including government institutions, individuals and private companies. Despite the challenges faced due to global inflation and supply chain impacting our business expansion, our customer base has increased and we now cater to a 405,000 subscriber base.
Ooredoo Maldives is a member of the Ooredoo Group, a leading international communications company delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of consumers and businesses across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. In August 2005, Ooredoo Maldives entered the monopolised telecommunications service industry of the Maldives as Wataniya Telecom Maldives Private Limited with the aim to provide quality, affordable digital services to enrich the lives of the people across the nation.
The Company changed its registration to Ooredoo Maldives Public Limited Company on 6th October 2016, and became a public limited company, 90.5% of the issued shares of the Company are held by our largest Shareholder, Wataniya International FZ-LLC, while 5.64% are held by the Maldives Pension Administration office and 3.86% are held by other public Shareholders.

Board Members

Ms. Fatima Sultan Al-Kuwari

Chairperson/ Independent, Non-Executive Director

Mr. Khalid Hassan M A Al-Hamadi

Managing Director/ Executive Director

Mr. George Bowring Challenor

Independent, Non-Executive Director

Mr. Vikram Sinha

Independent, Non-Executive Director

Ms. Dheena Hussain

Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director

Mr. Suresh Kalpathi Chidambaram

Non-Independent, Executive Director

Ms. Moza Mohd A Y Darwish

Independent, Non-Executive Director

Mr. Mohamed Shahid

Independent, Non-Executive Director

Board Committees

Audit and Risk Management Committee
3 Members

Composition

The Audit and Risk Management Committee (the “ARC”) of Ooredoo Maldives was established in compliance with the Corporate Governance Code (“CG Code”) of the Capital Market Development Authority of the Maldives.

The ARC comprises of three (3) members appointed for a term of three (3) years, all of whom including the Chairman are Independent and Non-Executive Directors, meeting the requirements of the CG Code.

 

Mandate

The key responsibilities of the ARC include: -

  • To assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its statutory obligations;
  • To advise the Board of Directors on the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, risk management, control and governance processes; and
  • To ensure the independence and objectivity of internal and external audit functions and the integrity of the Company’s financial statements.

Members of the committee
Mr. George Bowring Challenor
Mr. Vikram Sinha
Ms. Moza Mohd A Y Darwish
Nomination and Remuneration Committee
3 Members

Composition

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee (the “NRC”) of Ooredoo Maldives was established to undertake all matters under its purview, according to the applicable laws of the Maldives and in accordance with the requirements of the Corporate Governance Code (“CG Code”) issued by the Capital Market Development Authority of the Maldives.

The NRC is mandated with carrying out the functions of both the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Based on the scope and expertise required to expedite the responsibilities of both Committees and considering the time and resources required, a combined Committee is considered to be more effective and efficient.

The NRC comprises of three (3) members appointed for a term of three (3) years, all of whom are Non-Executive Directors, and the majority of whom including the Chairman are Independent Directors.

 

Mandate

The key responsibilities of the NRC include: -

  • Providing advice and recommendations to the Board and to the Shareholders on Board appointments after a proper evaluation;
  • Providing advice and recommendations on remuneration packages for the Board, the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and key executives for approval by the Board; and
  • Reviewing policies with respect to total rewards schedule, including remuneration levels, pension arrangements, performance related pay schemes, variable payment systems, for approval by the Board. 

Members of the committee
Mr. Vikram Sinha
Ms. Dheena Hussain
Ms. Moza Mohd A Y Darwish

Shareholding Structure

Name Share %
Wataniya International FZ-LLC 90.50 %
Maldives Pension Administration Office 5.64 %
Other Shareholders 3.86 %

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