Chairman and Chief Executive
Appointed to the Board as Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive on February 26, 2022; redesignated as Chairman and Chief Executive on April 14, 2022.
Tan Sri Hamdan Mohamad started his career as a structural engineer at the engineering consulting firm of Ranhill BersekutuSdnBhd (RBSB) in 1981. Returning to Malaysia after completing his master’s degree, he was appointed Director of RBSB in 1988 and eventually became the President and Chief Executive Officer of RBSB in 1995. On November 15, 2000, he was designated as Executive Director of Ranhill Berhad (RB) where he spearheaded RB and the RB Group’s expansion from an engineering and consulting based firm to a full-fledged organization that engineers, constructs, owns and operates facilities in diverse segments including the infrastructure, environment, power and oil and gas segments.
Following the delisting of RB in 2011, he was appointed Executive Director in Ranhill Energy and Resources Berhad (now known as Ranhill Energy and Resources Sdn Bhd) on January 2, 2013. Subsequently on June 14, 2013, he was appointed Group President and Chief Executive, a position he held before being designated as Ranhill Holdings Berhad’s Executive Director on December 1, 2015.
Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as Executive Director on September 1, 2014.
Dato Sri Lim spent 34 years at Shell and held various senior executive positions including Executive Chairman of Shell’scompanies in China; Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Planning for Shell International; President of Oil Products for Asia Pacific and the Middle East; Chairman of Shell Malaysia; Managing Director of Shell Malaysia’s Exploration and Production; Senior Corporate Adviser, Asia Pacific for Shell International and Business Development Manager for the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin for Shell International Gas. In 2011, the Beijing Municipal Government honoured him with the “Great Wall Friendship Award” for his contributions to the city.
Between 2011 and 2016, Dato Sri Lim was an international council member of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development. He was previously the President of Malaysia Business Council for Sustainable Development and a director of China Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Dato Sri Lim has been awarded state honours by the Malaysian government. He is also an honorary citizen of Houston, Texas.
Dato Sri Lim is also a Board Member of Bank Negara Malaysia.
Chairman and Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on December 1, 2015.
Lim Hun Soon started his career with KPMG (previously Peat Marwick Mitchell) in the United Kingdom before returning to Malaysia in 1982 still on tenure with KPMG. During his 33-year career at KPMG, he was admitted as a partner in April 1990, served on the Management Committee between 1997 and 2001 and on KPMG’s Partnership Supervisory Council from 2002 to 2010. Lim was also the Asian Anchor Practice representative for Marketing (2000-2001), where he gained extensive knowledge and insights from KPMG Global’sinternational counterparts.
Lim retired from KPMG in 2011 and has been an examiner for company law examinations conducted by MICPA for over 10 years. From 2002 to 2004, he was Chairman of MICPA Code of Ethics Committee and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants Code of Ethics Committee.
In May 2013, he was appointed to serve a two-year term as council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales – the first Malaysian to be granted a seat on the Council. Lim’s tenure was consecutively renewed twice, serving a third term on the Council until 2019.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on December 1, 2015.
Abu Talib Abdul Rahman began his career as a banker with Bank Pertanian Malaysia before switching to a merchant bank. Later, he joined Bank Bumiputera Malaysia Berhad(now CIMB) from 1981 to 1985. During his tenure at Bank Bumiputera, he supervised the construction to completion of the UMNO building and Putra World Trade Centre.
From 1986 to 1991, Abu Talibserved as partnerat various legal firms before establishing Messrs Abu TalibShahrom (formerly known as Messrs Abu Talib Shahrom Khamil & Zahari) (ATS) specializing in corporate law, corporate secretarial, corporate finance and banking, commercial contracts, construction and private finance initiative projects with the government of Malaysia.
Abu Talib retired from ATS in 2017 after assuming his position as the Managing Director of Sumatec Resources Berhad.
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on March 31, 2017; redesignated as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on November 13, 2018.
Datuk Abdullah Karim has over 39 years’ experience in the oil and gas (O&G) industry, enjoying a long career with Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) since 1977. From July 2012 until his retirement in July 2016, he was Vice President and Venture Director of LNG Projects overseeing the design and construction of two offshore Floating LNG Plants (FLNG) and the additional onshore LNG Plant (Train-9) in Bintulu, Sarawak.
Datuk Abdullah has also served as Project Engineer (1981) and General Manager Engineering Division (1991) of PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd. He became the Executive Assistant to the President of PETRONAS (1994) and later appointed MD and CEO of OGP Technical Services, an engineering and project management subsidiary of PETRONAS until 1999.
In 1999, as MD and CEO of Malaysia LNG Group of Companies, he was responsible for marketing LNG and the operations of the PETRONAS LNG Complex in Bintulu. During his tenure, the company had successfully built itsthird LNG plant on the complex.
Datuk Abdullah was made Vice President of Exploration and Production Business in 2004, before being appointed MD and CEO of PETRONAS Carigali from 2007 to 2012.A wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS, the company engaged in O&G exploration, development and production in Malaysia as well as in 23 countries worldwide.
He was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director and also a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration and Risk Committees at Yinson Holdings Berhad on October 16, 2018.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on March 2, 2018.
Leow was Chief Operating Officer of Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (SPAN) until November 2017. During her tenure at SPAN, she was involved in determining the policy and direction of the Malaysian water services’ industry reform. Succeeding in the passing of the Water Services Industry Act, 2006 (WSIA), she was responsible for
Prior to SPAN, Leow held various positions in the Ministry of Finance (MOF) between 1988 to 2007. With her vast experience in the public financial sector, she was tasked with restructuring the corporate debt of several privatized projects during the Asian financial crisis of 1997/1998. Undertaking major restructuring exercises including the debt restructuring of highways, telecommunications as well as the takeover and merger of the light rail transit companies. In the Economics Division, Leow was entrusted with the macro-economic planning and forecasting as well as the preparation of annual economic reports, focusing on the economy’s performance during the year andproviding an outlook for the upcoming year.
Leow also served with the Ministry of Health (MOH) from 1981 to 1988, where she was responsible for the projection and management of manpower needs of the support services in the health sector which included dietitians, nutritionists, welfare officers and researchers. Her tasks involved not only the placement of officers in the various hospitals, clinics and research training institutions. She was also responsible for confirmations, discipline as well as charting their career development paths.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board as Independent and Non-Executive Director on April 15, 2022.
Dr Arzu is currently a Director, Audit and Advisory Services - Real Estate & Construction, with Majid Al Futtaim Retail (Corporate Head Office), Majid Al Futtaim Holding LCC.
She is a Director with 30 years of experience in projects and portfolio development and program management for global corporate real estate and facilities. Her professional experience includes-
During her career, she held senior positions in the United Arab Emirates ("UAE"):-
Executive Director and Chief Commercial Officer
Appointed to the Board as Executive Director on April 15, 2022.
Cik Zurina Binti Abdul Rahim was appointed as Chief Commercial Officer of Ranhill Utilities Berhad ("Ranhill") on 1 October 2021 and is currently heading the Commercial division consisting of numerous departments overseeing commercial and legal matters.
She was previously the Senior Vice-President, Group Legal & Compliance Division ("GLC") of Ranhill. With over 15 years of experience under her belt, she headed the GLC Division of Ranhill with responsibilities that range from contract matters (local and international), corporate exercises, financing, project documents negotiations, governance, compliance and risk.
She joined Ranhill in 2010 as a Manager in GLC. She has over 15 years of experience in corporate matters/exercises such as mergers, take-overs, restructuring of group of companies, reverse takeover, IPO, due diligence exercises and submission to authorities, financing, exercises such as project financing for power projects, trade financing, term loans, issuance of paper debts such as sukuk and USD notes and negotiations of contracts including project agreements under the private finance initiative model involve government agencies. She is also experienced in offshore wealth management matters such as setting up a private non-charitable foundation and supervising thereafter.
She started her career as a pupil at Messrs Abu Talib Shahrom and was called to the Malaysian Bar in November 2005. In 2006, she joined Messrs Abu Talib Shahrom as an Associate in the Corporate Department.
On 9 September 2016, she became a Fellow of the International Academy of Business and Financial Management (IABFM) and was certified as Certified Compliance Professional. She obtained a Masters at Law (Corporate Law) from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in Shah Alam in 2011.
With her vast experience and knowledge, she has been entrusted to also sit on the board of various subsidiaries of Ranhill.
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Appointed to the Board as Executive Director on April 15, 2022.
Encik Amran Bin Awaluddin started his career with Kassim Chan Management Consultants Sdn Bhd as a Consultant in the Strategy and Operations Department in 1993. In 1996, he joined the Privatisation and Project Advisory Department of RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers Berhad.
Encik Amran Bin Awaluddin started his career with Kassim Chan Management Consultants Sdn Bhd as a Consultant in the Strategy and Operations Department in 1993. In 1996, he joined the Privatisation and Project Advisory Department of RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers Berhad.
In June 1999, he joined Ranhill Berhad ("RB") Group of Companies. Effective from 11 November 2002, he was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of RB and in October 2004, he was appointed as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of RB. As a result of the restructuring of the RB Group of Companies in 2013, he was subsequently appointed as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Ranhill Energy and Resources Berhad (now known as Ranhill Energy and Resources Sdn Bhd)("RERSB").
In July 2015, he relinquished his position as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of RB and RERSB respectively and was appointed as an Advisor to the President and Chief Executive.
On 27 May 2019, he was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Ranhill Utilities Berhad ("Ranhill").
In addition to his directorships in RB Group of Companies, he also sits on various subsidiaries of Ranhill.
