Encik Zainal Iskandar bin Ismail has over 20 years of corporate development and investment experience across diverse industries in oil and gas, renewable energy, palm oil and biofuels, information technology, telecommunications and property development. He was attached to a Malaysia-based private investment group from 2001 - 2016, where he held various senior management and leadership roles. He has deep expertise in business turnaround and the broader private-equity investing spectrum; having evaluated, structured, raised financing, managed and exited investments, as well as represented the group on various boards. He has executed a number of direct investments and headed several industrial projects in Malaysia and internationally. Prior to that, he worked at several companies within the RENONG-United Engineers (Malaysia) Group.

1997 - 1998: Prolink Development Sdn Bhd - Management Executive, Internal Audit
1998 - 2000: Teras Teknologi Sdn Bhd - Assistant Manager, Corporate Planning & Business Development
2000 - 2001: Renong Berhad - Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman / Managing Director
2001 - 2004: Gagasan Makmur Sdn Bhd - Vice President, Investments
2004 - 2007: Markmore Sdn Bhd - Vice President, Investments
2006 - 2013: Greentech Chemicals Sdn Bhd - Chief Operating Officer
2011 - 2016: Gagasan Makmur Sdn Bhd - Director, Investments
2016 - 2018: IBS Worldwide Sdn Bhd - President, Investments
2018 - 2019: Sumatec Resources Bhd - Chief Operating Officer
2018 - 2020: Caspioilgas LLP - Supervisory Board Member
2020 - present: Perak Corporation Bhd - Group Chief Executive Officer

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