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Profiles of the Esso Malaysia Berhad Directors
Hugh W. Thompson
Chairman, ExxonMobil Subsidiaries in Malaysia
B.Sc.(Hons), Geology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
M.Sc (Hons), Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
 
Mr. Hugh W. Thompson joined ExxonMobil in 1988. Over the past 20 years he has held positions of increasing responsibility in assignments ranging from engineering and operations management, major project management and strategic business planning. He has spent the majority of his career in international assignments and has worked in Aberdeen and London as well as New Orleans, California and Houston.
 
Mr. Thompson was appointed Chairman of the ExxonMobil Subsidiaries in Malaysia with effect from June 4, 2009. He was also appointed to the Board of Directors of Esso Malaysia Berhad (as Director/Chairman), and as Chairman of Esso Malaysia Berhad’s  Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee; all with effect from June 4, 2009.
Tan Sri Abdul Halim Ali
Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of the Board Audit Committee
P.M.N., P.J.N., S.P.M.S., S.I.M.P., D.G.S.M., D.H.M.S., D.S.D.K., J.S.M., K.M.N.
B.A. (Hons.), University of Malaya
 
Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Abdul Halim Ali, aged 65, a Malaysian, was appointed Director of the Company on May 22, 2001. Upon graduation from University of Malaya, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1966. After several domestic and foreign postings, he was appointed the Malaysian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1979. He was appointed Ambassador to Vietnam in 1982 and returned to Malaysia in 1985 to be Deputy Secretary General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before being appointed Ambassador to Austria. In 1991, he again returned to Malaysia to be Deputy Secretary General I in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in 1996 he was promoted to Secretary General. In July 1998, he was appointed Chief Secretary to the Government, the highest ranking civil service post in the country and was responsible for overseeing and coordinating the policies of the government and their implementation. He retired as Chief Secretary to the Government in March 2001.
 
He currently is the Chairman of the Multimedia Development Corporation, and he is also a Director of Malaysia Building Society Berhad, Malakoff Corporation Berhad, IJM Corporation Berhad and LCL Corporation Berhad.
Fatimah Merican
Executive Business Services Director
Higher National Diploma, Polytechnic of Central London (now University of Westminster) (1976)

Puan Fatimah Merican, aged 54, was appointed Business Services Director of the Company on December 1, 2008. She joined ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc (EMEPMI) in 1977.  Over her career with the Company she has held various professional and managerial positions in the local and global Information Technology organisations of ExxonMobil.  Fatimah has also completed a rotational assignment in EMEPMI Public Affairs, and foreign assignments with ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore and ExxonMobil Limited, Thailand.
 
Prior to October 1 2008, Fatimah Merican was Manager, Downstream/Chemical Applications, Business Line Applications, Information Technology, ExxonMobil Business Support Centre Malaysia Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur. Effective October 1, 2008, she was transferred to Upstream Business Services and thereafter appointed Business Services Director.
Faridah Ali
Executive Retail Business Director
B.Sc. (Hons.) Accounting, University of East Anglia, Norwich, ACA (England & Wales)

Puan Faridah Ali, aged 44, a Malaysian, was appointed Retail Business Director of the Company on June 13, 2005. She began her career in ExxonMobil Malaysia Sdn Bhd, and over a period of 19 years, held supervisory roles in various functions including financial accounting, costing, planning, financial analysis, human resources and retail business.
 
In 2000, after the merger of Exxon Corporation and Mobil Corporation in the United States of America, she assumed the position of Marketing Support Manager and subsequently South East Asia Business Analysis and Reporting Manager before assuming her current position.
Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Syed Jalaludin Syed Salim
Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of the Board Audit Committee
P.S.M., D.S.S.A., D.P.M.P., J.S.M. F.A. Sc., B.V.Sc., University of Punjab, M.Phil. and Ph.D., University of London D.Sc.,Honoris Causa, University of Hull, U. K. D.Sc,Honoris Causa, Soka University, Japan D.Agriculture Technology,Honoris Causa, Thaksin University, Thailand, D.Sc.,Honoris Causa, Open University Malaysia.
 
Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Syed Jalaludin Syed Salim, aged 65, a Malaysian and a national science laureate, as well as a founder fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, was appointed Director of the Company on February 15, 2000. He had a long illustrious academic carrier in both University Malaya and University Putra Malaysia (UPM) before retiring as Vice Chancellor of UPM in 2001. He was responsible for transforming UPM to become one of the leading centres of higher education. As an accomplished academician, he has helped found many academic societies and associations, and has published over 350 papers in journals and proceedings in the fields of animal science, university management and education. For his meritorious career and services, he has received numerous awards, decorations and honours nationally as well as internationally. He retired from UPM in April 2001.
 
He is the Chairman of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad, Kejuteraan Samudra Timur Berhad, Ecofirst Consolidated Berhad, Taylor’s Education Berhad and Halal Industry Development Corporation. He is also a Director of TAFI Industries Berhad. 
Dato' Zainal Abidin Putih
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board Audit Committee
D.S.N.S.,J.P.,FCA (ICAEW), CA (M), CPA (M)
 
Y. Bhg. Dato' Zainal Abidin Putih, aged 63, a Malaysian, was appointed Director of the Company on March 6, 2003. Upon qualifying from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, he joined the firm of Hanafiah Raslan & Mohamad, which merged with Ernst & Young in July 2002. He has extensive experience in audit having worked as a practicing accountant throughout his career covering many principal industries including banks, insurance, energy, transport, manufacturing, government agencies, plantations, properties, hotels, investment companies and unit trusts. He also has a good working knowledge of taxation matters and management consultancy, especially in the areas of acquisitions, takeovers, amalgamations, restructuring and public listing of companies. He plays an active role in the community and the corporate world being a Past President of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was also a member of the Malaysian Communication & Multimedia Commission, a body set up by the Malaysian government to oversee the orderly development of the Multimedia and telecommunication industry in Malaysia.
 
He was the Chairman of Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad and is the immediate past Chairman of Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB). He is currently Chairman of Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad. He is also a director of Tenaga Nasional Berhad and a director of the Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad, including its subsidiaries CIMB Bank Berhad and CIMB Investment Bank Berhad. He also acts as a Trustee of the National Heart Institute Foundation.
Abu Bakar Siddik Che Embi
Executive Refinery Director
B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemical Engineering, Leeds University, United Kingdom
 
Encik Abu Bakar Siddik Che Embi, aged 56, a Malaysian, was appointed Refinery Director of the Company on September 1, 2003. He started his career with the Port Dickson Refinery in 1976 and held various technical, operational and supervisory positions in the Refinery until 1990, when he was assigned to the Baytown Refinery, Exxon U.S.A., for about three years. In this assignment, he held the position of Technical Advisor and a number of leadership roles in the Process Department. Following that, he spent six months with Exxon Company International’s Refinery Dept. in Florham Park, New Jersey as Refinery Advisor. In 1994, he returned to Malaysia and assumed the position of Deputy Manufacturing Manager of the Port Dickson Refinery.
 
In 1995, he was promoted to Manufacturing Manager and held this position until 2003, when he was appointed Refinery Director.
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