MALAYSIAN GAS SYMPOSIUM
DAY 3
24 NOVEMBER 2021
SYMPOSIUMS
AGENDA
14:00 - 14:30
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
"GAS MARKET LIBERALISATION: REGULATOR'S PERSPECTIVE"
14:30 - 16:00
PANEL SESSION 3:
"FULL GAS MARKET LIBERALISATION: MAKING IT SUCCESSFUL"
Since the Gas Supply (Amendment) Act 2016 came into effect on 16 January 2017, the Malaysian gas market has been gradually transitioning itself into a third party access (TPA) market where by January 2022, all piped gas is expected to be traded at market price and on willing-buyer willing-seller basis. Come new year when the gas market is deemed to be fully liberalised, will we be seeing a vibrant gas market with multiple active TPA players? Are consumers benefiting from the competitive offerings? How to make the market transparent?
This panel session aims to delve deeper into the status and challenges faced by TPA players and deliberate how to make gas market liberalisation a success.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
ABDUL RAZIB DAWOOD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
ENERGY COMMISION MALAYSIA
THE PANELIST
COUNCIL MEMBER & CHAIRMAN, ENERGY & UTILITIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
FEDERATION OF MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURERS
STEVEN AROKI
Mr Steven Aroki is a Council Member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM). He is also the Chairman of FMM Energy and Utilities Management Committee as well as the Chairman of FMM Negeri Sembilan Branch.
He received his MBA from University of Southern Cross, Australia in 2002 and Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology from University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) in 1988.
Steven is currently the Managing Director of Smane Malaysia, a Malaysian-Thai JV company which main business is supplying specialized plastic sheets and conductive compounds for the electronic, semiconductor and hard disk drive industries in the region. His previous experiences included positions as Global Operations Director at BF Goodrich Malaysia and Marketing Manager, Asia Pacific at LNP Engineering Plastics, Malaysia.
He was formerly a board member of Negeri Sembilan Investment Corporation. He has been appointed as Member of Gas Competition Appeal Tribunal from September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2022.
KHAIRUDDIN KHALIK
Khairuddin has been with PETRONAS for over 28 years. He currently heads PETRONAS Energy & Gas Trading Sdn Bhd (PEGT), responsible to trade LNG and piped-gas to the Malaysian domestic market. Among his role is to collaborate and build partnerships with national and regional level government agencies, NGOs and market/industry players, be the advocate and influence policies to increase gas usage at competitive market pricing to protect and grow PETRONAS’ leading position as a global gas player.
Prior to that, Khairuddin was the Head of Value Optimisation in PETRONAS LNG Marketing and Trading and he has vast experience in areas of operations, sales & marketing, commercial & business development, joint venture management and commercial optimization at various PETRONAS subsidiaries including PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad, PICL (Egypt) Corporation Ltd, PETRONAS LNG Sdn Bhd and Gladstone LNG Pty Ltd, Australia.
Khairuddin has also been attached to corporate functions in Gas Business Sector and involved in various cross functional projects including Corporate Strategy Studies’ Integrated Transition Program and digital projects including AlphaLNG and AlphaGas.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PETRONAS ENERGY & GAS TRADING
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
GAS MALAYSIA ENERGY & SERVICES
MOHAMAD FARID GHAZALI
Farid Ghazali joined Gas Malaysia in December 1992 as Technical Support Engineer in the
Marketing Department. He was subsequently promoted to Assistant Manager of Technical Support in 1995.
In 1997, he progressed to assume the position of Industrial Sales Manager, overseeing the planning and implementation of natural gas sales activities for the industrial market. In 2011, Mohamad Farid was promoted to General Manager, Marketing which is responsible for the implementation of marketing objectives and plans for Gas Malaysia. In the recent reorganization of the company, his position has been re-designated to Director or Marketing, Gas Malaysia Energy and Services Sdn Bhd.
Mohamad Farid graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, USA in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He completed the Management Development Program from Asian Institute of Management in Manila, the Philippines, in 2009. He also holds a Certificate of Competency as the Gas Engineering Supervisor issued by Suruhanjaya Tenaga.
SIRAM NARAYANAN
Sriram is the General Manager for New Markets in Shell Energy Asia, and responsible for growing the gas and power businesses in new markets for Shell in the region. He heads Shell’s gas business in Malaysia.
Sriram has over 27 years of experience in natural gas, LNG and power, ranging from upstream exploration & production, to downstream gas and power markets and related infrastructure, in the areas of Commercial, Finance and Projects & Development.
Prior to this role, Sriram was Head Gas & Power at Sembcorp Industries, which included heading its piped natural gas and LNG businesses in Singapore; and before that he was Vice President Projects & Development and Vice President Commercial at Singapore LNG Corporation where he played a key role in setting up the commercial function and processes at start-up of the facility, the subsequent transition of the terminal into a multi-user facility and completion of the Phase 3 expansion construction project. In an earlier term with Shell, he held commercial and finance roles, in India, Malaysia and Singapore.
Sriram holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Gujarat University, India and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India.
