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Telekom Malaysia: Leadership Change
Three senior executives at Telekom Malaysia's US subsidiary charged with multimillion-dollar fraud, likely resulting in immediate leadership departures
Source: discovered:nst.com.my
The leadership read
Leadership transitions often precede broader telecommunications bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 105.8 (Hot) (down 2.4 month-on-month), Asia is at steady (+0.5pts) on signal share.
Telekom Malaysia: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Telecommunications median of 1 across 47 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow.
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