Formerly Petronas president and chief executive officer from 1995 until his retirement in February 2010, Hassan(filepic) has over 30 years of experience in the energy sector as well as in finance and management. It was also believed that Hassan
SINGAPORE: With Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad once again prime minister of Malaysia, there’s been much buzz about who will be the next chairman of Petronas, the highest ranking national oil company in Southeast Asia on the 2017 Fortune Global 500 list.
Malaysian media has speculated that Dr Mahathir has beckoned his close aide, Sembcorp Marine Ltd chairman Tan Sri Hassan Marican, to return to Petronas. This is hardly surprising – Hassan has had a successful career as the longest-reigning Petronas chief executive. Should talk become reality, the question for Singapore Inc is: what would become of Hassan’s two concurrent roles as chairman of SembMarine and Pavilion Energy?
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