DATUK ABDULLAH BIN KARIM

Malaysia

Male

66

Independent Director

Independent and Non Executive

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Bachelor of Sciences in Mechanical Engineering from University of Western Australia
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Diploma in Gas Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Datuk Abdullah joined PETRONAS in 1977 and has over 39 years experiences in the oil and gas industry, having served as Project Engineer (1981) and General Manager, Engineering Division (1991) in PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of PETRONAS.
He became the Executive Assistant to the President of PETRONAS in 1994, after which he was appointed as the Managing Director/CEO of OGP Technical Services Sdn. Bhd., a project management consultancy company of PETRONAS from 1995 to 1999.
In 1999, he assumed the position of Managing Director/CEO of Malaysia LNG Group of Companies, involved in the construction of the third LNG plant, marketing of LNG; and the operations of the PETRONAS LNG Complex in Bintulu, Sarawak before his appointment as Vice President, Exploration & Production Business of PETRONAS in 2004.
In March 2007, he assumed the position of President/CEO of PETRONAS Carigali, involved in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas in Malaysia as well as in 23 countries worldwide.
In 2012, he was appointed as the Vice President and Venture Director of Domestic LNG Projects until his retirement on 1 July 2016.
In his career in PETRONAS, Datuk Abdullah has played an active role both in the Upstream and Downstream activities of the company. He has headed 2 of PETRONAS largest subsidiary companies, i.e. PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd and Malaysia LNG Sdn Bhd. He was instrumental in leading the development of many large scale projects, including the recently completed offshore Floating LNG Plants by PETRONAS.

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