Kugan was previously the Chief Emerging Business Officer of Celcom, with 25 years of extensive experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to Celcom, Kugan was the Chief Marketing Officer at Smartfren Indonesia and a Board member of Sinarmas Digital Ventures, where he was responsible for the overall commercial business. Kugan worked in various international markets covering Europe and North Africa during his tenure with Ericsson Sweden, before joining Digi, Astro and Maxis in various commercial and technology leadership positions.
Kugan holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from University Teknologi Malaysia and has completed executive management programmes at Columbia Business School and at Stanford University in the USA.
