KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has appointed Datuk Bazlan Osman as acting group chief executive officer (CEO) with immediate effect, following the resignation of managing director/group CEO Datuk Seri Mohammed Shazalli Ramly.On behalf of TM Group, chairman, Tan Sri Sulaiman Mahbob expressed his gratitude to Shazalli for his contribution to the TM Group during his tenure.“The entire board, management and TM employees would like to thank Shazalli for his leadership and contribution to the group. We would like to take this opportunity to wish him all the best for his future endeavours.“The leadership bench under the acting group CEO, Bazlan will continue the strategic and business imperatives for TM,” Sulaiman said in a statement.Bazlan is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).He joined Celcom Axiata Bhd in 2001 as the senior vice president, corporate finance and treasury and was appointed the chief financial officer (CFO) in 2002 prior to his appointment as TM Group CFO in 2005.Shazalli, 56, was appointed the managing director/group CEO of TM on May 1, 2017.He was most recently the regional CEO and corporate executive vice president (EVP) for Axiata Group Bhd ‘s South East Asia operations, after being promoted from his previous position as the CEO and director of Celcom Axiata Bhd, a position he held from Sept 1, 2005 until Aug 31, 2016..