KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Petronas Gas Bhd has named Kamal Bahrin Ahmad as its new managing director (MD) effective June 1, 2017, after the resignation the current MD, Yusa Hassan.

Kamal, 53, joined Petronas as a project engineer in the refining sector and was involved in the commissioning of the Kerteh Refinery Reformer Project, according to the group's filing with the stock exchange today.

In 2009, as senior general manager, Development Division, he was given the opportunity to be exposed to upstream business, where he managed drilling activities and projects for both domestic and international blocks, it added.

In 2011, he was mobilised to Engen Ltd, based in South Africa, to lead the transformation of a refinery that was faced with challenges of substandard health, safety, and environment (HSE) and reliability performance.

With 15 years of experience running all three Petronas refineries, in Kerteh, Melaka and Durban, South Africa, he was appointed as MD/CEO of Petronas Penapisan (Melaka) Sdn Bhd in 2014, Petronas Gas added.

Meanwhile, the group said Yusa's resignation is due to an inter-group transfer within Petronas.

Petronas Gas is a 60.6%-owned subsidiary company under the Petronas group of companies.

Its shares closed up 6 sen or 0.33% higher at RM18.40 for a market capitalisation of RM36.4 billion.