Solarvest has appointed 34-year-old Liew Chee Ing (Mr. Leon Liew) as its new Executive Director with immediate effect.
Liew has over 12 years of experience in the energy and oil & gas sectors and brings strong strategy, business advisory expertise, and holistic experience from the energy industry, covering oil and gas upstream, power generation, transmission, distribution, retail, and policy setting from both private players and regulatory bodies perspective. He started his career with oil and gas exploration company Schlumberger Limited in 2011 as an Offshore Field Engineer where he was involved directly in the operation across the globe and held various roles and assignments during his tenure in Schlumberger namely operations, technical, and business development.
His last position at Schlumberger was as Drilling Services Manager, managing various International Oil Companies drilling services operations with over 100 workforces to streamline service delivery across project operations. In 2018, Leon Liew joined Sarawak Energy Berhad (“SEB”) and headed the corporate development division where he spearheaded SEBs strategic foresight and innovation development. He developed new business strategies and drove corporate growth by identifying acquisition and strategic investment opportunities across the energy market such as solar energy, energy storage development, hydrogen business, electric vehicles, etc.
Throughout his career at SEB, Mr. Leon Liew also drove Corporate Organizational Excellence to improve the financial and operating performance of SEB. From 2021 till the present, Mr. Leon Liew has been the Group Chief Strategy Officer of Solarvest Holdings Berhad (Solarvest) spearheading the development of Solarvest’s long-term strategies. He was also involved directly in the operation of business partnerships, Strategic mergers and acquisitions, leading sustainable growth initiatives, and establishing strategic expansion to neighbouring countries.
