Datin Sri Badrunnisa, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of UEM Sunrise Berhad on 21 June 2021. She is also the Chairman of Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the company.
She began her career with Shell in Malaysia in 1982 and served for 25 years with the first half focusing on Information Technology software application and the second half in Human Resources (HR), where she was part of a global team in Shell Group HR serving regional businesses.
She joined Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) as General Manager, Leadership Development & Talent Management in Group HR in 2007. Upon the demerger of TM Group in 2008, she was appointed as Head, Group HR of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) and later was appointed as the Group Chief Talent Officer of Axiata, focusing on Talent Management across the group, including being responsible for its highly successful flagship Corporate Social Responsibility programme, the Axiata Young Talent Programme that builds young talents into future CEOs of the nation.
In March 2020, she retired from Axiata as Group Chief of Axiata Learning, a position she assumed in 2019 which focused on a sustained, modern, agile and digital way of capability building for the Axiata Group, through the setup of a Group-wide Applied University.
She continued to be responsible for the Axiata Young Talent Programme even after retirement by being subsequently appointed as the CEO of Axiata Foundation, a non-profit organisation whose main focus is to oversee the programme, a position she held until May 2021.
Presently, she has been the Chief Talent Officer of QSR Brands (M) Holdings Berhad since October 2021.
