KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Perdana Petroleum Bhd has appointed Jamalludin Obeng as its new managing director (MD). He is currently vice-president of the Malaysian Oil & Gas Services council.

Jamalludin replaces Tengku Datuk Yusof Tengku Ahmad Shahruddin, citing the appointment of the new MD by Perdana Petroleum as the reason for his departure.

In a bourse filing on Friday, Perdana Petroleum said Jamalluddin, 56, brings 30 years of working experience in the oil and gas industry. He started his career with Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) in 1990 at Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd and was involved in operations, corporate strategies and business planning, both locally and in Vietnam.

In 2000, he joined Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd initially as the business development manager and subsequently was promoted to group manager of procurement.

In 2003, he moved to Kencana HL Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kencana Petroleum Group, as general manager of business development and was tasked with the responsibility of marketing a range of services, interfacing with clients and to secure businesses. He was subsequently promoted to chief operating officer in 2008 and a year after was promoted to the position of MD, a position he held until 2012.

Following that, Jamalludin joined MMHE Sdn Bhd as the general manager of business development and commercial in 2013 and then moved to Petra Energy Bhd as group business development director in 2015.

In 2017, he took the position of chief commercial officer in Icon Offshore Bhd providing leadership and direction to the group commercial team. In 2020, he joined SK Hull Sdn Bhd, a start-up subsidiary of Nam Cheong Ltd and was a director there until his present position in Perdana Petroleum.

Perdana Petroleum's share price closed unchanged at 12 sen on Friday, giving it a market capitalisation of RM265.93 million.