Appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad (PDB) in January 2020. In June 2022, he assumed the title of Vice President while maintaining his leadership in PDB.

A PETRONAS scholar, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a double major in Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, United States of America (USA). He completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School in 2019.​

With a career spanning 28 years, Azrul has held various key positions in PETRONAS, predominantly within the Downstream Business. These include MITCO’s first Indonesia Country Manager, Senior Manager for Business Development (Oil Portfolio) in PETRONAS’ Business Development Unit (BDU) and Business Director of Uzbekistan Gas to Liquid (GTL) LLC. Prior to his current role, Azrul was appointed as Head (Commercial Development & JV Formation) of PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation (PRPC) and took on an additional role as the MD/CEO of PRPC Utilities and Facilities Sdn. Bhd.​

Currently, Azrul serves as a Board of Director for PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad and Chairman of PETRONAS Lubricants Marketing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, roles he has held since January 2020. In 2021, he was appointed as Chairman of Setel Group of Companies and Mesra Retail & Café Sdn Bhd.​

Bernard Lo is a multiple award-winning veteran television news anchor and talk show host with three decades of experience. He was part of the startup team at CNBC Asia, where he played a key role in helping NBC expand into the Asia-Pacific market in the early 1990s, during the nascent days of cablesat TV.

At CNBC, Bernard co-hosted Squawk Box and hosted his talk show Lo & Co. He returned to CNBC Asia in 2010, rejoining Squawk Box, hosting The Call, and launching Straight Talk with Bernie Lo. He has conducted interviews with top business, political, and entertainment leaders. Notable guests include Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, George Soros, Larry Summers, Isabella Rossellini, chairpersons and CEOs of major global banks, as well as heads of most Asian governments and countless other figures shaping the 21st century.

Throughout his television career, he has participated in high-profile global events as an MC and panel moderator, including the World Economic Forum and Asian Financial Forum, engaging audiences ranging from hundreds to thousands.

Dave Ernsberger is co-President of S&P Global Commodity Insights and a member of S&P Global’s Executive Leadership Team. 

Most recently, Mr. Ernsberger was Head of Market Reporting and Trading Solutions at S&P Global Commodity Insights. In that role, he was responsible for managing Platts commodity price benchmarks worldwide, including market reporting, news coverage and exchange relationships, from well-established markets like oil and gas through to emerging market environments like new Energy Transition commodities and recycled materials. 

Prior to that, Mr. Ernsberger served in a variety of roles at Platts, including Head of Oil Content; Editorial Director for Asia (based in Singapore), and Houston Bureau Chief. He joined Platts in 1996 as a metals reporter in London, and launched coverage of Europe’s then-deregulating gas and electricity markets in 1999. 

A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Ernsberger holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and politics from Warwick University, England, and a master’s degree in international relations from Southampton University, England. 

Eithne Treanor is a professional conference and event moderator and international communications consultant. Having worked as a business TV reporter, her knowledge covers energy transition, investment, infrastructure, business, technology
and leadership.

She is the founder and CEO of ETreanor Media based in Dubai, UAE and she has headlined global events as MC and lead moderator for more than 15 years.

As a former international broadcast journalist, her TV reporting experience spans major television networks including ABC News, Sky News, BBC World, Bloomberg and CNBC International.

She also provides dynamic and energetic bespoke media, moderator and presentation trainings for government officials, corporate executives and leaders. All her work and trainings help people be more effective and impactful, delivering conference and media content on a global level.

Hezlinn Fariss Idris is the Senior General Manager of Human Capital Development at PETRONAS and CEO of the PETRONAS Leadership Centre, where she leads the organisation’s talent development strategy.

Hezlinn began her career with PETRONAS in 2000 in the Finance department and has since held various leadership roles across audit, risk management, and strategic planning. With over 24 years of professional experience, she has demonstrated strong leadership and a deep understanding of the business. In 2022, she was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PETRONAS Lubricants International Sdn Bhd (PLISB), where she led the global operations, manufacturing, and marketing of PETRONAS’ automotive and industrial lubricants, reaching customers in more than 100 countries.

Jenny leads a dynamic team dedicated to delivering critical insights, data, and analytics to empower clients to navigate and thrive in the rapidly evolving power and renewables markets across key global geographies. Based in Singapore, Ms. Yang brings a unique combination of cross-sector quantitative analysis and thought leadership with over 20 years of experience across gas and power markets in multiple continents. She regularly presents and moderates executive dialogs at prominent industry conferences, including CERAWeek, APPEC, Singapore International Energy Week, and International Energy Executive Forum. 

Ms. Yang joined S&P Global in Beijing in 2011 as a power analyst and has since advanced through various leadership roles, including Head of China Gas and Power, Head of China Natural and Low-Carbon Gas, and Head of Asia LNG. Before her tenure at S&P Global, Ms. Yang served as Vice President of Pricing, Products, and Markets at Constellation NewEnergy, the largest power retailer in the US, based in Houston, Texas. She began her career as a Quantitative Analyst at Williams, where she developed forward-looking price and volatility curves for evaluating power-related assets.  

Fluent in English, Chinese, and Vietnamese, she holds a Bachelor of Business and Administration and a Master of Business and Administration from the University of Oklahoma, United States. 

Dr. Ken KOYAMA is Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ). He also takes a position of Visiting Professor at Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo and Adjunct Professor at Institute of Innovative Research at Tokyo Institute of Technology.

He was awarded the degree of: (1) B.A. in Economics in 1982 from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; (2) M.A. in Economics in 1986 from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; and (3) PhD in 2001 from University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland. His specialized field of research is: energy security and geopolitics of energy; and analysis for global energy market and policy issues with emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region.

He has served as a member of energy policy related advisory councils and committees of Japanese government in many occasions. He also plays a role as: Member of the OPEC Energy Review Editorial Board, Visiting Senior Fellow at Institute for International Economic Studies and Board of Director at the Japan Electric Power Exchange.

He was awarded the Brand Laureate’s “Brand Personality Award 2016”, the 43rd “Energy Forum Award” in 2023 and “Kashiwagi Takao GXI Award” in 2023. He was also awarded the OPEC Award for Research in July 2023.

Lisy Lee is the Chief Representative of PETRONAS Beijing Representative Office and serves on the Board of several PETRONAS subsidiaries in China.

Her role is to drive the implementation of PETRONAS’ country strategies in China and secure sustainable growth in the market. She has been actively deepening business partnerships with long term partners and key stakeholders. She formalized multiple strategic alliances with Chinese NOCs for group level collaboration across value chain and serves as the secretariate directors to secure win-win collaboration and to realize value creation for PETRONAS in China and group at large.

Relying on more than 20 years business management experience, she has developed effective brand strategies to strengthen PETRONAS’ reputation and has led the team win multiple National Gold Prizes in Golden Flag Awards, China CSR Education Awards, and China International Public Relation Association for Outstanding CSR and Corporate culture & Internal Communication. She was also bestowed “Golden Flag Award for Best 100 Brand People” in China for her contribution and influence in the industry.

Lisy Lee graduated from East China Normal University and holds a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD with Deans’ Scholarship of Cultural Diversity.

Nick Sharma is an Executive Director of Upstream Solutions at S&P Global Commodity Insights. Nick brings close to 25 years of E&P and energy industry experience. His current mandate is to engage customers with our latest regional and global upstream research to clients across the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to this role, Nick previously led the S&P Commodity Insights Asia Pacific upstream advisory practice for 7 years, working with a range of clients (NOCs, IOCs, Independents, Service Companies, Financial Services, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Ministry, and Regulators).

Nick holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Curtin University in Western Australia and Masters in Oil & Gas Engineering from the University of Western Australia.

Razman Hashim is currently Senior Vice President, Group Legal & Group General Counsel, PETRONAS.

Razman joined PETRONAS after being called to the Malaysian Bar in 1998 and has since served various functions within PETRONAS. He started in Legal Finance where he was involved in financing of projects followed by a few international postings for Sudan and was the pioneer team for Iraq operations. He was part of the pioneer team for Project RAPID, Pengerang in 2012 and subsequently he served as General Counsel of Legal Upstream International in charge of legal affairs of PETRONAS international upstream business until 2017.

Prior to assuming his current position, he served as Senior General Counsel, Legal Upstream from 2017 where he was responsible for the entire legal services for PETRONAS upstream business, both in Malaysia and globally.

Shah is purpose-driven and passionate about capturing opportunities in the current energy transition landscape. He thrives when navigating in new and uncharted paths, bringing together diverse but similarly passionate individuals to create high performing teams.

He previously served PETRONAS for 25 years, starting as a Process & Operations Engineer with PETRONAS Ammonia Sdn Bhd. Shah has held various corporate portfolios within the Petrochemical Business Unit including business strategy, planning, and development.

Shah also served tenures in PETRONAS Australia Pty Ltd in Australia and Pacific Northwest LNG in Canada where he gained extensive international experience leading commercial, joint venture management and project integration functions.

Susanna joined S&P Global Mobility in September 2023 and is based in Shanghai, China. Susanna serves as the Associate Director for Sustainable Mobility at the company, and has been working on multiple sustainability projects, topics of which ranging from sustainability regulatory checks for automotive industry, carbon footprint quantification, emission hotspot analysis, circular economy and decarbonization strategy etc.

Prior to starting with S&P Global, Susanna was working in a management consultancy with automotive industry focus and garnered diverse experiences in strategy projects such as market entry, electrification transformation and operational projects such as entity setup PMO, demo car management mechanism optimization and plant operational excellence.

Before starting her consulting career, Susanna also had worked in a Global OEM and OES with a focus on automotive market analytics, sales forecast, competitive benchmarking, strategic corporate planning.

Susanna has been working in the Mobility sector since 2012. 

Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar is one of the most accomplished corporate leaders in Malaysia having successfully led as CEO three major organisations in infrastructure development (UEM Group 2001-2004), telecommunications (Telekom Malaysia 2004-2008) and financial services (Maybank 2008-2013). He recently retired as Chairman of Bursa Malaysia (2020-2025) and had served as Group Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB 2016-2018) following completion of his term as a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Economic Planning from June 2013 to June 2016.

He is currently the Chairman of WWF-Malaysia and MySDG Foundation, Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Professor of Practice at INCEIF University and the Sultan bin Abdulaziz Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, UK. Tan Sri Abdul Wahid is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

Wan Sayuti is the Senior General Manager (Strategy, Policy & Regulation), Corporate Sustainability, PETRONAS. His portfolio includes Group strategy on ESG and Sustainability Agenda, as well as managing key stakeholders on sustainability-related policies and regulations.

He has 21 years techno-commercial experience in PETRONAS. In 2002, he started his career in operations management, technical services, production planning and project management in Kertih Refinery, before moving on to commercial roles in business planning and sales & marketing in PETRONAS Chemical Group. In 2015, Wan Sayuti joined Corporate Strategic Planning (CSP), led and developed several corporate strategic studies and PETRONAS new growth opportunities. Subsequently in 2020, he was seconded to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland as a Project Fellow in Shaping the Future of Energy and Materials.

Wan Sayuti holds BSc in Chemical Engineering and BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He graduated with MBA from Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK. He also completed Executive Certificate in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

Zahid is the President & Group CEO of MISC Berhad, a leading global maritime and energy company with more than 55 years of history. He is also the Vice President (VP) of Maritime, Gas & Maritime Business at PETRONAS. 

Prior to his current appointments, Zahid was the Chief Operating Officer, President & CEO of AET, VP of Corporate Planning and VP of Gas Assets & Solutions; within the Group. 

Before joining MISC Berhad, Zahid worked for Shell for over 20 years driving key initiatives across finance, LNG marketing, business development, and commercial upstream operations.  

Zahid holds a Bachelor of Industrial Economics Degree from the University of Nottingham, UK and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA.  

Beyond his corporate roles, Zahid is serving as Chairman of the Advisory Panel at Malaysia Women in Energy (MyWiE) and on the Advisory Council of the Global Maritime Forum.