Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan

Biography

 Tan Sri Sidek Hassan was appointed as Chairman to the Board of KLCC Property Holdings Berhad and KLCC REIT Management Sdn Bhd (the manager of KLCC Real Estate Investment Trust) on 22 May 2017. He is also the Chairman of KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd. He is Administrative and Diplomatic Service of the Malaysian Civil Service for over 38 years, the last six as the Chief Secretary to the Government. Tan Sri Sidek began his career on 15 April 1974 as an Assistant Director at the International Trade Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry. He has extensive working experience within the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) including postings at MITI offices in Tokyo (Japan), Sydney (Australia) and Washington, DC (United States of America). He was appointed as Deputy Secretary-General (Trade) on 19 January 2001 and as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry on 24 October 2004.He  served as President of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) between 2008 and 2013, and is currently the Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP).He is the Chairman of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), the national oil and gas corporation of Malaysia, a position he assumed in July 2012. He was a former Board member of Top Glove Corporation Berhad and Malayan Flour Mills Berhad. Since 1 May 2016, Tan Sri Sidek is the Chairman of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation Sdn Bhd (MDEC).Tan Sri Sidek holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree in Public Administration from Universiti Malaya and Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) from New Hampshire College, United States of America.

Research Interest

 His research interest on Science, Oil and Gas