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Capt. Rajalingam Subramaniam was appointed Chairman of AET on 1 June 2023. He is concurrently President and Group CEO, and Non-Independent Executive Director of MISC Berhad. He was previously the President & CEO of AET from 1 January 2016 to 31 May 2023.

He began his career at sea, came ashore in 1996 and has held various positions in the MISC Group namely Vice President of Fleet Management Services at MISC, and Group Vice President of AET Shipmanagement.

Capt. Raja is a board member of several subsidiaries and joint venture companies within the MISC Group and also serves the industry in various appointments including Executive Committee Member, INTERTANKO; Board Member and Election and Governance Committee Member, GARD P&I; Chair of a number of class committees and Honorary Commander, Royal Malaysian Navy Reservist Programme.

He was conferred the National Seafarers Icon 2017 award by Malaysia Marine Department and the 2018 Tanker Shipping & Trade Industry Leader Award.

Capt. Raja holds a Masters in Business Administration and a Master Foreign-Going Certificate of Competency from the Ministry of Transport, Malaysia. He completed his Professional Maritime Training at Akademi Laut Malaysia (ALAM), an Executive Education in Finance Programme and in 2022, the International Corporate Governance/Directors Programme at INSEAD in Fontainebleau.

Mr Zahid Osman was appointed President & CEO of AET on 1 June 2023. He was previously the Vice President of Corporate Planning at MISC Berhad (2022-2023) and Vice President of MISC Berhad’s Gas Assets & Solutions (2017-2021).

Prior to MISC Berhad, Zahid was with the Shell Group of Companies for over 20 years. At Shell, Zahid held management roles in finance, LNG marketing and trading, business development, commercial, upstream production sharing contract, stakeholder management, joint venture governance, gas advocacy and project management in upstream, downstream, integrated gas and trading businesses. His last held appointment at Shell was Vice President of Venture Development at Shell Integrated Gas & New Energies.

Zahid holds a Master in Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA and a degree in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham, UK. He also attended the Management Programme on Strategy Creation at Columbia Business School, USA.

Datuk Nasarudin Md Idris has served on AET Board since 15 June 2010. Datuk Nasarudin Md Idris was previously a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of MISC (2015-2017) and President/Group CEO of MISC Berhad (2010-2014).

Prior to joining MISC Berhad, Datuk Nasarudin held various key roles at the PETRONAS Group including board membership, Vice President of Corporate Planning and Development, Senior General Manager of the Corporate Planning and Development Division, Executive Assistant to the President of PETRONAS, General Manager of Corporate Development and General Manager of Group Strategic Planning. He was also General Manager of Marketing at PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad and Group CEO of KLCC Holdings Berhad.

Datuk Nasarudin holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (awarded by Brunel University) from Henley Management College, UK. He also attended the Stanford Executive Programme at Stanford University, USA.

Ronald enjoyed a 38-year career with Shell, where he contributed in senior finance roles. He also served as a non-executive director on various boards in the oil and gas industry and services sector, held board appointments in several joint venture companies in different fiscal jurisdictions and supported the boards of not-for-profit organisations as a volunteer.

Ronald is a professional accountant with a CPA designation from the Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta.

Vice Admiral (Rtd) Peter Neffenger was appointed as a Director of AET on 15 November 2019. He also sits on several Advisory Boards in both public and private sectors within the USA.

Prior to these roles, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Neffenger had a distinguished 34-year career in the US Coast Guard (1981-2015). He also served as Administrator of the US Transportation Security Administration (2015-2017).

Vice Admiral (Rtd) Neffenger holds a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University, USA; a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the US Naval War College; a Master of Arts in Business Management from Central Michigan University; and a Bachelor of Arts from Baldwin Wallace University, USA.

Mr Colin Low has been appointed Director of AET since 15 November 2019. He is concurrently the Independent Director for Kacific Satellites Group Limited, a space and satellite telecommunications company; Board Director of private equity firm BLG Asia; member of the INSEAD Director Network (2013-present): and Risk Committee Chair and Independent Director to Jason Marine Group listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. In January 2022, Mr Low was appointed as the Advisory Board Member to the Diligent Institute in New York, USA, a think tank in Corporate Governance ESG and Climate Change global practices.

Mr Low was previously the Investment Board Director of Fortune 500 firm GE (General Electric, USA) for the Asia Pacific Region (2005-2010): President of GE International and Regional Executive of Growth Initiatives in the ASEAN region; Chairman and Investment Committee Chair of mainboard listed Intraco Limited (2014-2021). He served as the Managing Director of GE Aircraft Engines ASEAN in his earlier career at GE; Chairman of private equity firm Singapore Investment Development Corporation (2011-2020). He was a member of the INSEAD University ASEAN Council (from 2008-2022). He proudly served as the US National Board Director of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America (2011-2018); Vice-Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (2008-2014); Independent Director of OSIM International (2010-2016), and a member of the Advisory Board Asia Pacific to global executive search firm, Spencer Stuart International.

Mr Low is a Lifetime Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors and attained certification as an International Board Director in 2013 and Leading from the Chair in 2014 from the INSEAD University in Fontainebleau, France. He was conferred as a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors in March 2021. In April 2022, he attained certification on the Diligent Climate Change Leadership programme. He holds a Master of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Management (Honours) and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing (Honours) from the Southern Illinois University, USA.

Ms Paula Porter was appointed as a Director of AET on 1 January 2020.

She was previously the Chief People Officer of Carnival UK (2012-2019) overseeing HR across Asia, Europe and USA; Divisional HR Manager of B&Q (2003-2007); HR Director of The Body Shop in UK and Ireland (2001-2005); General Manager of Canadian Pacific (1999-2001); and Divisional Personnel Manager of Marks & Spencer (1984-1999).

Ms Porter holds a Fellowship from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). She is a qualified senior coach in Business Development and Change Management and a certified Myers-Briggs assessor and coach with accreditations from CIPD. She has also attended the Institute of Directors’ Finance for Non-Financial Directors programme.