Datuk Kamarudin bin Meranun (male), Malaysian, aged 60, is the co-founder of the Company. Datuk Kamarudin was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 6 June 2006. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Board on 3 February 2010 till 3 March 2011. Datuk Kamarudin was re-designated as the Non-Independent Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer on 30 January 2015. On 1 November 2018, he was re-designated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also a member of the Safety Review Board of the Company.

In December 2001, Datuk Kamarudin, together with Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Dato' Pahamin Ab Rajab and Dato' Abdul Aziz bin Abu Bakar acquired struggling domestic airline AirAsia and, with the help of Conor McCarthy, relaunched it as a pioneer of budget travel in Asia, building AirAsia into the world's best low-cost carrier.

Prior to setting up the Company, Datuk Kamarudin worked at Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank from 1988 to 1993 as a Portfolio Manager, managing both institutional and high net-worth individual clients' investment funds. In 1994, he was appointed Executive Director of Innosabah Capital Management Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Innosabah Securities Sdn Bhd. He subsequently acquired the shares of the joint venture partner of Innosabah Capital Management Sdn Bhd, which was later renamed Intrinsic Capital Management Sdn Bhd.

He holds a Diploma in Actuarial Science from University Technology MARA (UiTM), and graduated with a BSc with Distinction (Magna Cum Laude) majoring in Finance in 1986 and an MBA in 1987 from Central Michigan University.

He received the Darjah Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN), which carries the title Datuk, from the Malaysian King in November 2013.

Datuk Kamarudin is a Non-Independent Executive Chairman of Airasia Group Berhad and Airasia Berhad. He is also a Director of Red Giants Football Club and a member of Board of Trustees for Mahathir Science Award Foundation.

Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes (male), Malaysian, aged 57, is the co-founder of the Company. Fernandes was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 18 July 2006 and was re-designated as the Non-Independent Executive Director and Co-Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2018. On 1 November 2018, he was re-designated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.

Fernandes is one of Asia's most recognisable entrepreneurs, best known for co-founding low-cost carrier AirAsia and democratising air travel in the region.

In December 2001, Fernandes, together with Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, Dato' Pahamin Ab Rajab and Dato' Abdul Aziz bin Abu Bakar acquired struggling domestic airline AirAsia and, with the help of Conor McCarthy, relaunched it as a pioneer of budget travel in Asia, building AirAsia into the world's best low-cost carrier.

Fernandes studied in the UK, and qualified as an Associate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 1991, then as a Fellow Member in 1996. An accountant by training, he began his career in Virgin Group before returning to Malaysia as Warner Music Group's Vice President for Southeast Asia before venturing into the airline business.

He has received numerous honours and awards over the course of his career. These include the Honour of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, conferred by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2011, and the Commander of the Legion d'Honneur, awarded by the French Government for outstanding contributions to the economy of France through the aviation industry.

He is also a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia Group Berhad.

Tan Sri Asmat, Malaysian (Male), aged 77, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 13 May 2013. He is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.

Tan Sri Asmat graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics. He also holds a Diploma in European Economic Integration from the University of Amsterdam.

Tan Sri Asmat has vast experience of 35 years in various capacities in the public service and his last post as the Secretary General of the Ministry of International Trade & Industry Malaysia, a position he held since May 1992. In the last five (5) years prior to his retirement in 2001, Tan Sri Asmat served as a Board member of Malaysia Technology Development Corporation, Multimedia Development Corporation, Malaysian Trade Development Corporation, Permodalan Nasional Berhad, Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation and Perbadanan Johor.

Tan Sri Asmat was the Non-Executive Vice Chairman of YTL Cement Berhad from 19 March 2001 to 19 June 2019. He serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Berhad and Compugates Holdings Berhad, and a Director of Malayan Cement Berhad (formerly known as Lafarge Malaysia Berhad), companies listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He is also a Director of JACTIM Foundation, a public company. Tan Sri Asmat is a Governor of JACTIM and has also represented Malaysia for several years as Governor on the Governing Board of The Economic Research Institute for Asean and East Asia.

Dato' Fam, Malaysian (Male), aged 60, was appointed as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 24 March 2008. He is also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as Risk Management Committee of the Company, and a member of the Safety Review Board of the Company.

He received his BA (Hons) from the University of Malaya in 1986 and LLB (Hons) from the University of Liverpool, England in 1989. Upon obtaining his Certificate of Legal Practice in 1990, he has been practising law since 1991 and is currently a Senior Partner at Messrs Gan & Zul.

Dato' Fam sat on the Board of Trustees of Yayasan PEJATI from 1996 to 2007. Since 2001, he has served as a legal advisor to the Chinese Guilds and Association and charitable organisations such as Yayasan SSL Haemodialysis Centre in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

He also serves as a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of AirAsia Group Berhad.

Encik Ahmad Al Farouk bin Ahmad Kamal, aged 41, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 22 June 2022. He is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company.

Farouk graduated from The London School of Economics and Political Science with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, where he also holds a Masters of Science in Finance and Economics.

Farouk started his career with Credit Suisse in Equities Trading in 2005 before moving on to Equities Research in 2007. Between 2008 to 2013, Farouk worked in Investment Banking with J.P. Morgan Malaysia where he advised clients on numerous mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, equity as well as debt capital markets transactions and was involved in a number of landmark deals in Malaysia.

Currently, Farouk serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Urusharta Jamaah and is responsible for the management and rehabilitation of Urusharta Jamaah's portfolio of equity assets. Farouk was also instrumental in the equity setup of Urusharta Jamaah as a newly established entity, and served as interim Chief Executive Officer between July 2020 - January 2021. Before joining Urusharta Jamaah, Farouk worked in Investment Banking for Deutsche Bank Malaysia between 2013 to 2018.

Farouk holds Board Memberships in a number of entities under the Urusharta Jamaah's portfolio, namely TH Heavy Engineering Berhad, Pelikan International Corporation Berhad, UJ Estates (Holdings) Sdn Bhd and UJ Property Management Sdn Bhd.

YM Tunku Fawzy, Malaysian (Male), aged 63, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 27 June 2022. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee of the Company.

He received his BA (Hons) Business Studies from the Polytechnic of Central London, Masters in Business Administration from the University of Warwick, and the Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia, member of the Institute of Public Accountants Australia and life member of the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance.

Tunku Fawzy has held a variety of positions throughout his career. He started as a foreign exchange analyst with NCR UK Limited and later joined Svenska Handelsbanken, London as a Risk Analyst. He then joined Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd in 1990 and was cross posted to Shell New Zealand Ltd in 1991. In 1997, he joined an investment holding company, Wira Security Holding Sdn Bhd, as Executive Director and later moved to Tajo Bhd as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Tunku Fawzy then joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as its Executive Director, Corporate Finance in 2000.

In 2002, he was appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Engen Limited (Engen), an integrated oil company in South Africa, a subsidiary of PETRONAS. He was also appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA). Tunku Fawzy left Engen in June 2005 and thereafter became the CEO of a shipping company until December 2006. He joined Khazanah Nasional Berhad in May 2007 and retired as Executive Director, Investments, in May 2010.

He was previously a board member of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, Hong Leong Assurance Berhad, Hong Leong MSIG Takaful Berhad, SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad, Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad, Pos Malaysia Berhad, Executive Solutions and Outcomes Sdn Berhad, Ethos Capital One Sdn Berhad, and Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia, Energy Africa Limited.

Tunku Mahmood Fawzy is currently an Independent Director of AIA General Berhad, Hong Leong Asset Management Berhad as well as the Chairman of Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad.