Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin

Early life Wan Zulkiflee attended the Malay College Kuala Kangsar and graduated in 1977. He later earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, and attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2004.

Career He was appointed Pro Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in 2012. taking over from Tan Sri Shamsul Azhar Abbas. In June 2018, Attorney General of Sarawak requested that Petronas be relieved of its authority role in the oil and gas market in the Sarawak region. Zulkiflee has stated that oil and gas royalties and regulatory rights in the region were always under the authority of the Malaysian government, but consented to work toward a mutually acceptable working agreement nonetheless.

In August 2018, Ahmad Nizam was appointed chairman of Petronas, however Zulkiflee maintained his position as CEO and president.

In February 2021, ExxonMobil announced the appointment of Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee as their first non-American director, making him the 11th director on board. During 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Wan Zulkiflee was amongst three directors who will be departing the board.

In July 2021, Wan Zulkiflee was appointed chairman of Gas Malaysia.

In May 2024, Wan Zulkiflee was appointed chairman of Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad.

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