Zainal Abidin Jalil is Group Chief Executive DNeX Energy Group. He was previously Executive Director, Energy Business Division, and Group Managing Director of the Company. He is also Managing Director of Ping Petroleum Limited, a subsidiary of the Company.
History
He is an accomplished industry leader with more than 35 years of experience in various managerial and leadership roles covering upstream oil and gas operations, independent power business and technology sector.
He has in-depth knowledge of major hydrocarbon-producing areas in West Africa, North America and the Asia Pacific in addition to leadership experience overseeing power business in the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia. An accomplished industry leader with a wealth of experience in managing businesses and operations in high-technology and capital-intensive upstream oil and gas industry, and power generation utilities.
He was also former Chief Executive Officer of Malakoff Corporation Berhad, having successfully spearheaded the company’s transformation into a leading international Independent Water and Power Producer (“IWPP”) with core businesses in power generation, renewable energy, water desalination and operations & maintenance services.
Former executive at ExxonMobil where he served in various managerial and leadership roles at the multinational company’s business units and operations worldwide.
He graduated from University of Queensland, Australia with a Bachelor’s Engineering Degree in Civil Engineering.