Anandha Krishnan Leadership
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
Introduction
ANANDA KRISHNAN PROFILE AND BACKGROUND 3 - 8
MAXIS COMMUNICATION COMPANY PROFILE 9 - 12
ASTRO COMPANY PROFILE 13 - 20
STYLE OF LEADERSHIP 21 - 24
LEADERSHIP THEORY ADAPTATION 25
Conclusion 26
References 27
(a) Background of the leader: the aim of this section is to know and understand the leader as a person and the bases for his/her success. The data and information should be taken from any published sources such as newspapers, company reports, magazines, journals, books etc.
INTRODUCTION
ANANDA KRISHNAN
Who is Ananda Krishnan?
According to a report then by Bernama News Agency, the grandfathers of Tan Sri T. Ananda Krishnan and Tan Sri G. Gnanalingam had been brought to Malaysia from Jaffna by British colonial rulers to work in Malaysia’s Public Works Department, a common practice then as Jaffna produced some of the most educated people in the whole country.
Tan Sri Gnanalingam himself told one of our ministers that he wants to put something back into this country because his grandfather was Sri Lankan," Deputy Director-General of Sri Lanka's Board of Investment (BOI) Santhusht Jayasuriya had told a a group of visiting Malaysian journalists then, according to the Bernama 2003 story. Gnanalingam, executive chairman of Malaysia's Westport, held talks with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during a visit to Malaysia in 2003 and the former followed up with a visit to Colombo. In the same year a Memorandum of Understanding was formalized in March this year between 'Westport' and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA).
Westport is keen to invest in Sri Lanka but no formal process has begun. However Ananda Krishnan has sparked a huge controversy in Sri Lanka this month after one of his subsidiaries staked a claim in Sri Lanka Telecom. Bernama said that Astro CEO Ralph Marshall’s grandfather also hails from Jaffna. Astro is part of the Maxis group which Krishnan hopes will eventually
PAGE
Introduction
ANANDA KRISHNAN PROFILE AND BACKGROUND 3 - 8
MAXIS COMMUNICATION COMPANY PROFILE 9 - 12
ASTRO COMPANY PROFILE 13 - 20
STYLE OF LEADERSHIP 21 - 24
LEADERSHIP THEORY ADAPTATION 25
Conclusion 26
References 27
(a) Background of the leader: the aim of this section is to know and understand the leader as a person and the bases for his/her success. The data and information should be taken from any published sources such as newspapers, company reports, magazines, journals, books etc.
INTRODUCTION
ANANDA KRISHNAN
Who is Ananda Krishnan?
According to a report then by Bernama News Agency, the grandfathers of Tan Sri T. Ananda Krishnan and Tan Sri G. Gnanalingam had been brought to Malaysia from Jaffna by British colonial rulers to work in Malaysia’s Public Works Department, a common practice then as Jaffna produced some of the most educated people in the whole country.
Tan Sri Gnanalingam himself told one of our ministers that he wants to put something back into this country because his grandfather was Sri Lankan," Deputy Director-General of Sri Lanka's Board of Investment (BOI) Santhusht Jayasuriya had told a a group of visiting Malaysian journalists then, according to the Bernama 2003 story. Gnanalingam, executive chairman of Malaysia's Westport, held talks with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during a visit to Malaysia in 2003 and the former followed up with a visit to Colombo. In the same year a Memorandum of Understanding was formalized in March this year between 'Westport' and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA).
Westport is keen to invest in Sri Lanka but no formal process has begun. However Ananda Krishnan has sparked a huge controversy in Sri Lanka this month after one of his subsidiaries staked a claim in Sri Lanka Telecom. Bernama said that Astro CEO Ralph Marshall’s grandfather also hails from Jaffna. Astro is part of the Maxis group which Krishnan hopes will eventually
References: Astro logo (1996-2003) Said to have an extraordinary entrepreneurial flair and being far-sighted, it was Krishnan who sold former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Revenue | 6.37 billion MYR (2005) | Employees | 2200+ | Maxis 3G Maxis officially launched its 3G services on July 1, 2005 (the 3G datacard service was soft-launched earlier in February 2005)