Sapura Energy
DATUK NUR ISKANDAR BIN A SAMAD
Independent Non-Executive Director

AGE / GENDER/ NATIONALITY:

67/ Male / Malaysian

DATE OF APPOINTMENT:

26 May 2023

BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Chairman, Board Risk and Sustainability Committee
  • Member, Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee

DIRECTORSHIP IN OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES AND LISTED ISSUERS:

  • Nil

EXPERIENCE/ACHIEVEMENT AND OCCUPATION:

  • Datuk Iskandar carries with him 41 years of experience in the downstream oil, gas and petrochemical industry; holding many senior leadership positions in Petroliam Nasional Berhad (“PETRONAS”), Malaysia’s national oil company and Malaysia’s only Fortune 500 organisation. His main skill sets are project management and business management of manufacturing facilities.
  • Datuk Iskandar started his career in 1980 with PETRONAS as a Trainee Engineer and grew to become a Process Engineer. In 1987, he moved to Malaysia LNG Sdn Bhd as Head of Terminal (Operations) until 1989. In 1989, he joined Polypropylene Malaysia Sdn Bhd until 1997. In 1997, he was transferred to MTBE Malaysia Sdn Bhd as Project Director where he served until 2001 before being transferred to public listed company, PETRONAS Gas Berhad as General Manager of Plant Operations Division.
  • He held several Senior Managerial positions during his tenure with PETRONAS from 2001 to 2012 which included being Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of PETRONAS Fertilizer (Kedah) Sdn Bhd from January 2005 to February 2007, Senior General Manager of PETRONAS Human Resource Management (Leadership & Capabilities Development) from March 2007 to February 2009, Managing Director/CEO of PETRONAS Penapisan Melaka Sdn Bhd from February 2009 to June 2012 and Malaysia Refining Company Sdn Bhd from February 2009 to June 2012.
  • Datuk Iskandar was the Project Director (Petrochemical) of Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) in Johor, Malaysia for the period from 2012 to 2021. He was responsible in taking the lead in the execution of 6 grass root petrochemical project packages at an estimated value of USD2 billion.
  • Datuk Iskandar was a member of Industry Advisory Council of Universiti Sains Malaysia from May 2007 to December 2021 and a member of Industry Advisory Council of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS from January 2014 to December 2014. He was also on the Board Directors of several PETRONAS’s subsidiaries, PETRONAS Penapisan Melaka Sdn Bhd and Malaysian Refining Company Sdn Bhd from February 2009 to June 2012.
  • Datuk Iskandar is currently a member of Board of Trustees of Islamic Relief Malaysia, a humanitarian organisation.

ACADEMIC/ PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  • BSc (Hons) Chemical Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom