MR DAVID RONALD KEAT

New Zealand

Male

59

Chief Executive Officer

i) Bachelor of Science in Chemistry - University of Auckland, New Zealand
ii) Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Chemistry & Materials - University of Auckland, New Zealand

David has held a wide variety of technical, project and executive roles in the oil refining, gas and gas to liquids companies over the last 33 years.
David commenced his career with The New Zealand Refining Company Ltd (NZRC) in 1985 where over 14 years he held a wide variety of posts including Process Engineer, Lab Manager, IT Manager and Shift Manager.
In 1999 he joined Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd, (Gasco), a joint venture with Shell, as a Shell Secondee.
In 2002 he joined Shell MDS (Malaysia) Ltd as a Senior Manager (Operations) until 2005 when he re-joined NZRC as its Project Director for Point Forward Project for 1 ½ years before serving as the Refining Manager for the next 3 ½ years.
From May 2010 he served as Senior Manager - Operations and HSE with the Oman Refining and Petrochemical Industries Company (Orpic), Oman.
From March 2012 to April 2016 David was the Vice President,
Technical and Engineering Support with Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (Al Hosn Gas), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
David has been the Chief Operating Officer of Hengyuan Refining Company Berhad since 13 November 2017.