FIRST EDITION , VOLUME 1 , 2022
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2017 – 2020 Vice Chancellor , University Malaya ( UM )
2013 – 2017 Vice Chancellor & MD / CEO of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS ( UTP )/ Past Chairman & Director of various Petronas subsidiaries
2012 – 2018 Board of Trustees , Petroleum Research Fund
ABDUL RAHIM BIN HAJI HASHIM , Datuk Ir .
Born October 1953
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER arahimhs @ gmail . com
CURRENT DESIGNATION
• Chairman , Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad
• Board Member , ICE Petroleum Engineering Sdn . Bhd .
• Joint Chairman ( Government ), Malaysia Industry-Government Group for High Technology ( MiGHT )
1976 – 2008 Held various oil & gas engineering , downstream processing and senior leadership positions up to Vice President , Research & Technology Division , Petronas
Other Professional Involvement / Affiliation
• 2015 – Current : Honorary President , International Gas Union ( IGU )
• 2015 – 2018 : Board of Advisors , Higher Education Leadership Academy ( AKEPT )
• 2010 – 2017 : Board Member , Institute of Technology PETRONAS Sdn . Bhd .
• 2009 – 2016 : Commissioner , Energy Commission Malaysia
• 2009 – 2012 : President , International Gas Union ( IGU )
• 2007 – 2012 : Board Member , BEM
• 2003 – 2013 : President , Malaysia Gas Association ( MGA )
• 2003 – 2007 : President , Asia Pacific National Gas Vehicle Association ( ANGVA )
• Member , Management Committee , BEM
• Member , National Committee , BEM
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BSc . in Electronics & Electrical Engineering , University of Birmingham , UK
• Harvard Advanced Management Program ( AMP ), UK
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate , BEM
• Member , The Institution of Engineers Malaysia ( IEM )
• ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer ( ACPE )
AREA OF EXPERTISE
• Project management
• Monitoring operations
• Managing large organisations
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION & AWARDS
• Panglima Jasa Negara ( PJN ) - Datuk , 2004
• William Pitt Fellow , Pembroke College , University of Cambridge , UK , 2016
• Fellow , Academy of Sciences Malaysia
• Honorary Doctorate ( Honoris Causa ) in Engineering , University of Birmingham , UK , 2006
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