board of directors - Petron

CORPORATE INFO./PROFILE OF DIRECTORSANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2001DirectorsMr. Richard M. Kruger(Executive Chairman)Y. A. Bhg. Tun Dato' Seri Haji Omar Yoke Lin Ong(Independent Non-Executive Director)Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Syed Jalaludin Syed Salim(Independent Non-Executive Director)Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Abdul Halim Ali(Independent Non-Executive Director)Mr. James A. Hall(Executive Financial Director)Dr. Abu Hassan Sulaiman(Executive Logistics Director)Encik Abu Hassan Seeni Abdul(Executive Retail Sales Director)SecretaryCik Rajabee Mohd Yusoff(MAICSA Reg. No. 0743587)Share RegistrarM&C Services Sdn. Bhd. (Company No. 3775-X)20th Floor, Plaza Permata(Formerly known as IGB Plaza)Jalan Kampar, Off Jalan Tun Razak50400 Kuala LumpurTel: 03-40412188 Fax: 03-40439233AuditorsPricewaterhouseCoopersChartered AccountantsKuala LumpurStock Exchange ListingMain Board of Kuala Lumpur Stock ExchangeSolicitorsMessrs. Raja, Darryl & Loh, Kuala LumpurMessrs. Azman, Davidson & Co., Kuala LumpurMessrs. Ng Yook Woon, Andrew T.C.Saw & Co., KualaLumpurMessrs. Skrine, Kuala LumpurRegistered OfficeEMB Company Secretary’s OfficeLevel 16, Menara ExxonMobilKuala Lumpur City Centre50088 Kuala LumpurTel: 03-20533000 Fax: 03-3803438Richard M. KrugerExecutive ChairmanB.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.M.B.A., University of Houston, Texas, U.S.A.Mr. Richard M. Kruger, aged 42, an American, was appointedDirector and Chairman of the Company on August 3, 2001. Hestarted his career with Exxon Company U.S.A. in 1981 and heldvarious technical, supervisory and management positions indrilling, reservoir engineering, business strategic planning andproject management. In 1994, he was appointed ProductionAdvisor and was responsible for assisting Exxon Corporation's Senior Vice President inthe management of worldwide exploration, development, production and gas marketingactivities. In 1996, he was made Technical Manager responsible for managing Exxon'sengineering and technical activities associated with development projects in Russia andAzerbaijan's deepwater Caspian Sea. In 1999, he was appointed as Vice President, AfricaDeepwater, ExxonMobil Development Company responsible for deepwater oil and gasfield development offshore Africa, most notably in Angola and Nigeria.Y. A. Bhg. Tun Dato' Seri Haji Omar Yoke Lin OngIndependent Non- Executive Director and Chairman of AuditCommitteeS.S.M., P.M.N., S.P.M.S., S.P.D.K.Hon.Ph.D., University of MalayaY. A. Bhg. Tun Dato' Seri Omar Yoke Lin Ong, aged 84, aMalaysian, was appointed Director of the Company on March 28,1974. In 1955, he was appointed Minister of Posts andTelecommunications and in the following year, he took over theTransport Portfolio. He was a member of the delegation of the ruling Alliance Party (nowthe Barisan Nasional) which together with the representatives of their Royal Highnesses,the Rulers of the Malay States, successfully concluded the Constitution for theindependence of the Federation of Malaya with the British Government in April 1957. OnIndependence Day, Y. A. Bhg. Tun Omar was made concurrently Minister of Labour andSocial Welfare. He was re-elected to Parliament in 1959 and was named Minister of Healthand Social Welfare. In June 1962, he was appointed Ambassador to the U.S.A. andconcurrently Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In 1966, he was madeMalaysia's first High Commissioner to Canada and in the following year, Malaysia's firstAmbassador to Brazil. He was made Minister without Portfolio from 1963 to 1972 andappointed President of the Senate in 1973. He retired from public services in 1980 andconcentrated on his business and social welfare activities. Y. A. Bhg. Tun Omar serves asChairman of Malaysian Oxygen Berhad and OYL Industries Berhad, also for over 20years each.Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Syed Jalaludin Syed SalimIndependent Non-Executive Director and Member of AuditCommitteeJ.S.M., D.S.S.A., D.P.M.P., P. S.M.F.A. Sc., B.V.Sc., University of Punjab,M.Phil. and Ph.D., University of LondonD.Sc., Honoris Causa, University of Hull, U. K.Honoris Causa, Soka University, JapanY. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Syed Jalaludin Syed Salim, aged 58, aMalaysian and a national science laureate, as well as a founderfellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, was appointed Director of the Company onFebruary 15, 2000. He started his career as a lecturer in University of Malaya in 1969. Hejoined University Pertanian Malaysia (now known as Universiti Putra Malaysia) in 1975and was made Professor of Animal Nutrition in 1981. He was appointed the Deputy ViceChancellor in 1983 and became the Vice Chancellor of University Putra Malaysia in 1994,responsible for transforming the University to become one of the leading centres ofhigher education. As an accomplished academician, he has helped found many academicsocieties and associations, and has published over 350 papers in journals and proceedingsin the fields of animal science, university management and education. For hismeritorious career and services, he has received numerous awards, decorations andhonours nationally as well as internationally. He retired from University Putra in April2001. Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Syed is now Director and Chairman of several private limitedcompanies and President of several societies in Malaysia.ESSO MALAYSIA BERHAD10