Uthaya Kumar is currently Audit and Risk Committee (Chairman), Nomination and Remuneration Committee (Member), and Government and Regulatory Affairs Committee (Member) of Maxis Berhad. He is also an Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committees of Bumi Armada Berhad and an Independent Director and a Chairman of the Audit Committee and Senior Tender Board Committee (Member) of Sri Lanka Telecom Plc.

Previously, he was a senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Southeast Asia Peninsula (PwC) and he was with PwC for 35 years. He has led and worked on some of the most challenging and complex assignments, both in Malaysia and globally, working with multinational and blue-chip national clients in audit, business advisory, mergers and acquisitions, valuations, privatisations, initial public offerings and cross-border transactions.

Kumar is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales,CF Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Member of the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants.