DATO' MAKHZANI BIN TUN MAHATHIR

Dato’ Mokhzani Mahathir, 

A Malaysian aged 52, was appointed to the Board of SapuraKencana Petroleum on 9 December 2011 as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairman. He is also a member of SapuraKencana Petroleum’s Remuneration Committee.

Dato’ Mokhzani was appointed to the Board of Kencana Petroleum Berhad (“Kencana Petroleum”) on 25 November 2004 and was the Non-Independent Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kencana Petroleum prior to the merger of businesses between SapuraCrest Petroleum Group and Kencana Petroleum Group.

He also served as the Chairman of the Options Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of Kencana Petroleum.He began his career in 1987 as a wellsite operations engineer with Sarawak Shell Berhad, working offshore Sarawak on tender assisted drilling rigs. He resigned in 1989 to pursue business opportunities in Kuala Lumpur. By investing in Tongkah Holdings Berhad (listed on the then Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange), he ventured into the component manufacturing, oil and gas, finance and healthcare sectors. He held positions as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Pantai Holdings Berhad (healthcare) and Group Executive Chairman of Tongkah Holdings Berhad (oil and gas, finance). A divestment exercise in 2001 saw him relinquish all positions and equity in these companies. He established Kencana Capital Sdn Bhd (“Kencana Capital”) as an investment holding company later the same year.

Presently his portfolio of investments through Kencana Capital includes businesses in IT, oil and gas services, automotive trading and distribution, and property development. He is currently the Chairman of Sepang International Circuit Sdn Bhd, which hosts the FIA Formula One World Championship, the FIM Moto GP and is an accomplished GT car race driver. He also serves as Chairman and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Opcom Holdings Berhad and a Non-Executive Director of Maxis Berhad (“Maxis”), currently Malaysia’s largest mobile telecommunications company. He also sits on Maxis’ Audit Committee and chairs their Remuneration Committee.

He is a qualified Petroleum Engineer, having pursued his tertiary education at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering.

SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (SapuraKencana) is one of the world's largest integrated oil and gas services and solutions provider. The Group's principal business include providing end-to-end solutions and services to the upstream petroleum industry, and covers activities such as installation of offshore pipelines and structures, fabrication of offshore structures, accommodation and support vessels, drilling vessels, hook-up and commissioning, topside maintenance services, underwater services, offshore geotechnical and geophysical services, project management, diving services, offshore support services, infrastructure and specialised steel fabrication works.

With a workforce of over 10,000 people, the Group's global presence can be seen in over 20 countries ranging from Malaysia and China to Australia, Middle East, America, Brazil and beyond.

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