Encik Zainal 'Abidin bin Abd Jalil ("Zainal") was appointed as Group Managing Director of Dagang NeXchange Berhad on 19 June 2014. 

Encik Zainal is an accomplished industry leader with a wealth of experience in managing businesses and operations in high-technology and capital-intensive upstream oil and gas industry, and power generation utilities.

He has demonstrated significant leadership experience in upstream exploration and production including offshore operations, and joint venture management with strong partner relation experience with global players in the oil and gas sector. He also has in depth knowledge of major hydrocarbon producing areas in West Africa, North America and Asia Pacific in addition to leadership experience overseeing power business in the Middle East, North Africa, South East Asia and Australia.

Serving as Chief Executive Officer of Malakoff Corporation Berhad, Encik Zainal successfully spearheaded the company's transformation into a leading international Independent Water and Power Producer (IWPP) with core businesses in power generation, renewable energy, water desalination and operations & maintenance services. Prior to Malakoff, Encik Zainal had a long career at ExxonMobil spanning 28 years in various managerial and leadership roles at the multinational company's business units and operations worldwide.

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Deemed interest :
(1) Indirect/deemed Interest by virtue of his 78% shareholdings in Arcadia Acres Sdn Bhd ( 360,000,000 shares).
(2) Indirect/deemed interest through his spouse, Puan Rusmin binti Jaafar (3,676,000 shares).