DATUK ZULKARNAIN MD EUSOPE

Malaysia

Male

55

Chief Executive Officer

1. Degree - Bachelor in Engineering [Northern Arizona University, United States of America]

Datuk Zulkarnain has over 29 years of experience in engineering, corporate planning, fund raising exercise, as well as merger and acquisition. He began his career in 1991 with Tenaga Nasional Berhad as an Electrical Engineer before joining EPE Power Corporation Berhad as Project Manager.
In 2001, Malaysia Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) recruited him as a Project Coordinator specialising in engineering related projects. His last assignment saw him leading the International Business Development Unit for the Middle East/ South Africa (MESA) and South Asia regions. In 2006, he joined Empire Energy Corp, an international energy company and served as a Senior Vice President with a focus on restructuring distressed power plant projects in South East Asia. He was also tasked to develop coalfire power plants in Indonesia and led the strategic efforts to acquire the Indonesian company.
He later joined FELCRA Berhad in 2014 as Chief Investment Officer and was entrusted a bigger role to lead FELCRA Berhad as the Chief Executive Officer in 2016. He was the driving force that took the organisation to venture into food security, expanding fertiliser industry and property development.
Datuk Zulkarnain took the helm of Pharmaniaga Berhad as Group Managing Director in 2020. He was also an Adjunct Professor at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Chairman of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan Business Ventures Sdn Bhd. Currently, he also serves as Fellow of International Institute of Plantation Management. In February 2022, Datuk Zulkarnain was appointed as a member of the CEO@Faculty Programme 1.0: Learn from the Pros at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin in Terengganu by the Ministry of Higher Education. He was also appointed as a Board Member of Universiti Teknologi Mara in October 2022 and Adjunct Professor for the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cyberjaya in November 2022.

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