Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin
Former President and Group Chief Executive Officer, PETRONAS
Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee bin Wan Ariffin, a Malaysian aged 55, holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Adelaide, South Australia.
In 2000, he attended the INSEAD Senior Management Development Program and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2004. He was conferred an Honorary Fellowship by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, United Kingdom in November 2005.
He joined PETRONAS in 1983 as a Process Engineer involved in the development of several Gas Processing Plants. In the ensuing years he held various positions within the PETRONAS Group including serving in the Office of the President as Executive Assistant to the President, General Manager, International Projects Management Division of OGP Technical Services and General Manager for the Strategy and Business Development Unit.
He was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of a public listed subsidiary, PETRONAS Gas Berhad from 2003 to 2007 and Vice President of Gas Business from 2006 to 2010.
In 2012, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of PETRONAS in addition to being the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Downstream Business. He was also the Chairman of PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad and PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad. Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee was appointed President and Group CEO of PETRONAS in April 2015.
He is a Council Member of the East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC), as well as Chairman of the ECERDC’s Audit Committee. He is also the Chairman of the National Trust Fund, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Razak School of Government, and the Industry Advisor to the Engineering Faculty of Universiti Putra Malaysia. Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee is married with three children.
Last updated on 21 March 2022
