Nestle Malaysia has announced the appointment of Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin its current independent director as the group’s Chairman with the retirement of Tan Sri Dato Syed Zainol.
Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee who was at the helm of Malaysia Airlines Berhad and Malaysia Aviation Group Berhad comes with a long an illustrious career in corporate Malaysia and has been the Chairman of DRB Hicom, a diversified business conglomerate involved in automotive, services and property businesses.
In July 2021, Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee joined Gas Malaysia as Chairman of the Board. He was also appointed as Director and Chairman of EON Petromin Sdn. Bhd. effective 13 September 2022. Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee had served Petronas, the national Oil and Gas Company of Malaysia, for 37 years. He was appointed President and Group CEO in April 2015 and retired from the position in June 2020 after a highly successful 5 years. He was on the Board of Petronas for more than 12 years, from August 2007 to June 2020.
He was active in the World Economic Forum activities in Davos as one of the Oil and Gas Governors and was on the Stewardship Board for Shaping the Future of Energy initiative. He was the Council member of ASCOPE, the association of the National Oil and Gas companies in ASEAN for 5 years when many new initiatives were embarked by ASCOPE. He was also the Chairman of the Malaysia’s National Trust Fund which was set up to conserve wealth from natural resources for the benefit of the nation and its future generations. He was a Council Member of the East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC) and the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) where he chaired the Audit Committees at both Agencies.
In education, he held the role of Pro Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Petronas. He also sits on the Board of Trustees at the Razak School of Government and on the Advisory Council of Yayasan Prihatin Nasional. He is also on the Board of Governors for the International Islamic University of Malaysia where he serves as an Adjunct Professor at its Kuliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences.
