Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim bin Hashim

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim bin Hashim (Malaysian, aged 67, Male) was appointed to the Board on 15 November 2013.

He holds a B.Sc. (Electronics & Electrical) Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK and has also completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.

He started his career in PETRONAS as an Electrical Engineer soon after graduation in 1976. He held various senior positions including Managing Director and CEO of PETRONAS Penapisan (Melaka) Sdn. Bhd. and Malaysian Refining Company Sdn. Bhd., VP of Human Resource Management Division, VP for Gas Business of PETRONAS and VP of Research and Technology Division of PETRONAS until his retirement in December 2008. He also held directorships in several PETRONAS subsidiaries including PETRONAS Gas Berhad, PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. and Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd., all of which he relinquished upon retirement.

Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim is the Past President of the International Gas Union and has helmed the presidencies of Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicle Association and the Malaysian Gas Association. He was a commissioner at the Energy Commission of Malaysia and a board member of the Board of Engineers Malaysia and the Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB). He was also a member of the National Science and Research Council of Malaysia and the Academy of Sciences Malaysia Council, and a member of the Board of Advisor of the Higher Education Leadership Academy under the Minister of Higher Education. He was the Vice Chancellor of Universiti Malaya and the Vice Chancellor/CEO of Universiti Teknologi Petronas.

He is currently a board member of ICE Petroleum Engineering Sdn. Bhd., and several of its group of companies,  Joint- Chairman (Government) and director on the Board of Directors of Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MiGHT), and a member of National Monitoring Board of Engineers Malaysia.