Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

    31 March 2017 Re-designated as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 13 November 2018.

     
    Board Of Committee Memberships

    Nominating and Remuneration Committee (Chairman)

    Long Term Incentive Plan Committee (Chairman)

    Audit Committee (Member)


    Qualifications

    • Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Western Australia

    • Diploma in Gas Engineering from IIIinois Institute of Gas Technology, USA


    Directorships in Other Public Companies

    Public Listed Companies (“PLC”):

    • Icon Offshore Berhad

    • Uzma Berhad

    • Yinson Holdings Berhad

    Skills and Experiences

    Datuk Abdullah Karim has over 40 years experience in the oil and gas industry.

    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) after which he was the Managing Director (“MD”) / Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of OGP Technical Services an Engineering and Project Management subsidiary company of PETRONAS until 1999.

    In 1999, he became the MD/CEO of Malaysia LNG Group of Companies, responsible for the marketing of LNG and the operations of PETRONAS LNG Complex in Bintulu. During his tenure, the Company had successfully built the additional third LNG Plant in the Complex.

    He was also Vice President (''VP''), Exploration & Production Business (2004), before being appointed in 2007 as the VP PETRONAS and MD/CEO of PETRONAS Carigali, awholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS involved in O&G exploration, development and production in Malaysia as well as in 23 countries worldwide.

    He was appointed as Vice President and Venture Director of Domestic LNG projects in 2012, and retained this position until his retirement on 1 July 2016.

    He was also responsible for overseeing the construction and completion of the MLNG3 (Malaysia liquefied natural gas 3) and PFLNG1 (Petronas floating liquefied natural gas 1) projects. PFLNG1 was the world first owneroperator floating facility for the production of LNG. Both Petronas and Datuk Abdullah received a Distinguished Achievement Award and Special Citation respectively for the groundbreaking PFLNG1 project at OTC Asia in Kuala Lumpur in March 2018. On August 2018, he was appointed as Chairman of UZMA Berhad, a position which is held till current.