Datuk Ir. Bacho Pilong is currently the Senior Vice President of Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM). He was appointed to this role in December 2023.

Beginning his career in April 1992 as a Process Engineer in PETRONAS, he had progressed through numerous domestic and international assignments and held senior leadership positions, including Vice President for Malaysia Assets, Vice President for International Assets and Senior General Manager of Production and Operations Management at MPM. Among his notable achievements is leading the Cost Reduction Alliance (CORAL 2.0), an industry-led collaboration towards industry cost competitiveness in Upstream Malaysia, recognised by the World Economic Forum.

As the Senior Vice President of Project Delivery & Technology from August 2021 to November 2023, he steered initiatives aligning to PETRONAS’ targets in value creation, expansion into non-traditional business and net zero carbon emissions. Focusing on innovation, technologies, and partnerships to develop low-carbon energy solutions, some significant achievements under his stewardship include the convergence of engineering and digital domains through advanced analytics, and a growing portfolio of solutions supporting the organisation’s sustainability goals.

To intensify PETRONAS’ decarbonisation efforts, Datuk Ir. Bacho Pilong has also played a key role in driving Enterprise Decarbonisation, leading to the success of the inaugural Race2Decarbonise, a global hackathon and crowdsourcing of innovative ideas for decarbonisation – the first of its kind in the world.

He channels his passion in learning and nurturing talent for the energy sector through his role as Chairman of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Board of Directors and Adjunct Professors at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), aside from speaking at various industry forums such as Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Malaysia Oil and Gas Services Council (MOGSC), Ceraweek in Houston, Asia Oil & Gas Conference (AOGC) and Oil & Gas UK Conference.

Datuk Ir. Bacho Pilong has a Degree in Chemical Engineering, from the University of Texas, Austin, United States of America (USA). He had also successfully completed the Senior Management Development Programme at INSEAD in Singapore, and the Advance Management Programme at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Azmir is the Head of Resource Exploration, Malaysia Petroleum Management, Upstream, PETRONAS effective 1 January 2022. Azmir first joined PETRONAS in 1996 as an Explorationist with PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd. Since then, he has been involved in several exploration ventures in Malaysia and abroad, including helming leadership positions as the Country Manager of Brunei and Head of Atlantic Basin Studies. He is highly experienced in the commercial and corporate aspects of the business having taken on crucial roles as Head of Upstream Business Development, General Manager at the President & Group CEO’s Office, and Vice President of Strategy and Commercial at PETRONAS Canada in Calgary. Among his notable achievements include the Kelidang Cluster deepwater gas discoveries in Brunei, PETRONAS’ successful entry into Mexico and Gabon, assets high grading in Canada, and the reshaping of the Canada Monetisation Master Plan.

Azmir has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Geology & Applied Geology from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Ir. Norafizal Mat Saad assumed the role as Head Resource Development & Management of Malaysia Petroleum Management, PETRONAS in January 2024, with over 28 years of experience in the company in both project and asset management, domestically and internationally. Prior to his appointment in MPM, he served as PETRONAS Iraq Country Chairman, General Manager of Joint Venture International (JVI) and Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS E&P Overseas Ventures Sdn Bhd (PEPOV) of International Assets, Upstream Division. He also served as the Head of Business Portfolio Analyst in the President & Group CEO’s Office. Among his notable achievements include the successful delivery of the Myanmar Phase IV development project, PETRONAS International Corporation Limited’s (PICL) flagship projects in Indonesia, namely Bukit Tua and Kepodang development projects. His other notable achievements are improvement of commercial excellence for asset divestment in Algeria; clean exit from Cameroon; asset high grading in Shah Deniz Asset in Azerbaijan; achieving Final Investment Decision (FID) for Argentina’s project development and developed high level workable tactical plan in Mauritania Asset’s cease of operation and decommissioning program.

Ir. Norafizal holds a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), United Kingdom. He is a registered Professional Engineer and Corporate Member for Board of Engineers Malaysia and Institute of Engineers Malaysia. He has successfully completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, United States of America.

Handan was appointed as Head Production & Operations Management in MPM in early 2019, with almost 30 years of experience in project delivery and management. Prior to his appointment in MPM, he played a number of key roles in PETRONAS, including as Head of Garraf oilfield project delivery in Iraq, Head of Project Delivery (Upstream International) and Project Director for ENGEN Petroleum Ltd based in Durban, South Africa. Some of Handan’s outstanding contributions include delivering several Field Development Plans for oil & gas resources development in Malaysia, leading the achievement of the first oil in Garraf Field and the first deepwater decommissioning project offshore Mauritania.

Handan received his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from University College London.

Adiana was appointed as Head Governance & Strategic Relations (GSR), Malaysia Petroleum Management in 2024. She is responsible to lead, strategise, and govern the overall Petroleum Arrangement Contractors (PACs), drive MPM’s stakeholders’ relations with the industry, local and foreign authorities and agencies, as well as promote synergies across the value chain to safeguard PETRONAS’ interest while ensuring compliance to regulatory requirements.

Adiana joined PETRONAS in 1999 and has held various roles within Strategic Planning, Petroleum Economics and Commercial. She was also assigned as Head, Legal and Corporate Affairs at PETRONAS Carigali Iraq Operations, General Manager (GM) of Commercial International and GM of Commercial for MPM. Prior to assuming her current role in MPM, she assumed the role of Senior General Manager, Commercial Malaysia in 2023, leading commercial strategy and solutioning, and driving commercial negotiations of new and existing assets for Malaysia petroleum arrangements including Upstream Gas Sales Agreements (UGSAs).

Amongst her notable achievements include completing extensions for blocks in South Sudan; acquisitions in Abu Dhabi and Brazil, Unitisation Agreement between Malaysia and Brunei and award of the first Small Field Asset Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in Malaysia.

Adiana graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Aidid joined MPM as the Head Integrated Hydrocarbon Management in 2021. Leading up to his current appointment, he was the Chief Strategy Officer of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. Aidid brings with him more than 20 years of experience in both upstream and downstream businesses spanning from Corporate Strategic Planning to plant operations at PETRONAS Gas Berhad, a public listed subsidiary of PETRONAS.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Brown University, a Master of Science in Engineering Business Management from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom and a Doctor of Philosophy from New College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. He also holds a Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate (Mechanical) license from the Board of Engineers, Malaysia and 1st Grade Steam Generation and Internal Combustion Engineer Licenses from the Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Malaysia.

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Shahriman assumed his role as the General Counsel for Malaysia Petroleum Management in mid – 2019. He brings along close to 20 years of extensive experience in both upstream and downstream businesses of PETRONAS, with key assignments such as the acquisition of Myanmar Yetagun assets, in the construction and delivery of Block 1 Phase 1 gas sales during his stint in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and in the finalisation of technology licenses and shareholders agreement for Project RAPID of Downstream business. He was also involved in PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad’s business model change as well as cementing its involvement in Project RAPID directly as a feedstock supplier and shareholder. In his subsequent role as the General Counsel of PETRONAS Lubricants International, he was in charge in overseeing the legal undertaking of the Group globally including in relations to the supply of fluid technology to Mercedes AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 team. As the General Counsel of MPM, he has been actively involved in concluding the commercial agreements with the State of Sabah and Sarawak in response to the State’s increasing demand for petroleum autonomy and regulatory rights.

He has a law degree from the University of Wales at Aberystwyth and attended the Centre for Petroleum and Mineral Law Policy, University of Dundee in 2003. Shahriman is a qualified Company Secretary from the Companies Commission of Malaysia and a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) and the International Bar Association (IBA).

Shairizal was appointed as the Head of Health Safety & Environment (HSE), Malaysia Petroleum Management on 1 Jan 2024. He started his career with PETRONAS in 2000 and has since been involved in multiple HSE roles in Malaysia and abroad, including Head of Crisis and Incident Management and Head of Strategy and Performance in Group Health, Safety and Environment (GHSE). Having taken on the crucial role as Head of Safety Engineering, Development Division in PCSB and later being appointed as Head of HSE Development Division, he possesses significant expertise in Upstream HSE.

Shairizal has made notable contributions, including the establishment of the Environmental Roadmap and Contractor HSE Management for Garraf Operations (PETRONAS Carigali Iraq BV), resulting in continuous improvement in HSSE statistics, and enhancing visibility towards sustainable development. In GHSE, his also leading successful HSSE digital transformation in Making Prescriptive Possible through establishment of various system under one myHSSE digital platform.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Process and a Masters in Business Law (LLM) from National University of Malaysia (UKM) and International Islamic University of Malaysia (UIA) respectively. He is also an appointed Industrial Advisory Panel of National University of Malaysia (UKM), University of Malaya (UM) Advisory Panel for UMCARES, Board Member of Petroleum Industry of Malaysia Mutual Aid Group (PIMMAG) and Independent Board Director of Oil Spill Response Limited, United Kingdom (UK).