Tan Sri Nik Mohamed bin Nik Yaacob was appointed to the Board on 16 September 2008 and presently he is the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Kencana Petroleum. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from Monash University, and a Master in Business Management from Asian Institute of Management. He also completed an Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. He served as the Group Chief Executive of Sime Darby Berhad from 1993 until his retirement in June 2004 and during this period, he also served on the Boards of the Sime Darby group of companies. Other Malaysian public companies in which he is a director are Scomi Group Berhad, Perbadanan Nasional Berhad, GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad, Bolton Berhad and Scomi Marine Bhd.

Tan Sri Nik Mohamed had served as the Chairman of the Advisory Council of National Science Centre and Chairman of the Board of UiTM. He represented Malaysia in APEC Business Advisory Council and Asia-Europe Business Forum. He is currently the Executive Director of Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana (Perdana Leadership Foundation).

He is a member of Audit and Risk Management, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Dato’ Mokhzani bin Mahathir was appointed to the Board on 25 November 2004 and presently he is the Non-Independent Group CEO of Kencana Petroleum. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1987. He began his career as a Wellsite Operations Engineer with Sarawak Shell Berhad in 1987. He later joined Tongkah Holdings Berhad in 1989 and was appointed as the Group Managing Director, a post he held till 2001. He was also the Chairman and Group CEO of Pantai Holdings Berhad till 2001. He now sits on the Board of Opcom Holdings Berhad, Maxis Berhad, Sime Darby Auto Performance Sdn Bhd, Kencana Capital Sdn. Bhd. and several private limited companies. He is also the Chairman of Sepang International Circuit Sdn Bhd, a post he has held since 2003.

Dato’ Mokhzani currently serves as Chairman of Options Committee and a member of Remuneration Committee.

Chong Hin Loon was appointed to the Board on 15 September 2005 and presently he is the Non-Independent Executive Director of Kencana Petroleum. He is primarily responsible for the operations, project management and yard operations of Kencana Petroleum Group. He holds an MBA in Advanced Strategic Management from Northwestern International University and a Diploma in Shipbuilding Construction from Singapore. He started his career in 1970 with Keppel FELS in Singapore, starting from a low ranking level and moving his way up to a Construction Supervisor before leaving in 1975. He later joined Promet Pte Ltd, Singapore, as a Project Engineer where he was responsible for the construction of oil rigs, vessels, ship repairs and other marine facilities in the oil and gas sector. In 1976, he joined Maroil Shipbuilding & Engineering Pte Ltd as a Project and Construction Manager where he was heavily involved in oil and gas related projects.

After gaining considerable experience abroad, he moved back to Malaysia in 1982 where he started his own contractor line and subsequently established Kencana HL, as subcontractor principally engaged in oil and gas fabrication, process piping and pipeline construction, plant maintenance, skilled manpower supply and project management. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry as well as the shipbuilding and ship repair industry.

He is a member of Options Committee.

Ir. Cher Lee Kiat was appointed to the Board on 15 September 2005 and presently he is the Non-Independent Executive Director of Kencana Petroleum. He is primarily in charge of Centralised Services Division comprising Engineering, Procurement and Tender. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering Honours (Chemical) from the University of Malaya. He is a Fellow Member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (FIEM), a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia, a Corporate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK, and a Chartered Engineer of the Council of Engineers, UK.

Ir. Cher started work as a Process Design Engineer in 1979 with Esso Singapore Refinery. In 1983, he joined Protek Engineers, an engineering consultancy company based in Kuala Lumpur, as a Process Engineer. He was promoted to Senior Process Engineer and was also Project Manager for the detailed designs of several offshore platforms for ExxonMobil and Shell. He left Protek in 1989 to join Petrokon Utama, an engineering consultancy company based in Negara Brunei Darussalam, as Team Leader handling projects for Brunei Shell’s onshore facilities. In 1992, he was promoted to Operations Manager in charge of the overall running of the company. He returned to Malaysia in 1994 and formed Kencana Bestwide.

Azmi bin Ismail was first appointed to the Board on 3 January 2006 as Independent Non-Executive Director of Kencana Petroleum. Since July 2008, he was appointed as the Non-Independent Executive Director of Kencana Petroleum where he has been entrusted with the leadership role to expand the business of Kencana Petroleum Ventures Sdn Bhd.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and a Master of Science in Geophysics, University of Nevada-Reno, Nevada. He has 25 years of vast professional experience in geophysics, particularly in the field of seismic data processing and project management, mostly related to oil and gas projects. He started his career in the oil and gas industry as a Wellsite Operations Engineer in Sarawak Shell Berhad in September 1986. He was later promoted to Operations Engineer, where he supervised rig operations as well as designed well programs.

In 1990, he moved to CGGAP Sdn Bhd as a Deputy Center Manager. CGGAP is a service contractor, providing geophysical services to the exploration and production companies in the oil and gas industry in the Asia Pacific region. In September 1995, he was promoted to the position of Managing Director, CGGAP Sdn Bhd and is responsible for overall management of the company which includes business development, operations, finance and administration.

Tunku Dato' Mahmood Fawzy bin Tunku Muhiyiddin was appointed to the Board on 29 September 2010 and presently he is the Independent Non-Executive Director of Kencana Petroleum. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Studies from the Polytechnic of Central London, U.K, and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Warwick University, U.K. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM).

Tunku Dato' Mahmood Fawzy has accumulated more than 20 years of international work experience in companies spanning various industries, from banking, information technology and investment holdings to shipping, and oil and gas. He joined Khazanah Nasional Berhad as a Director, Investments in May 2007 and was later appointed Executive Director, Investments until his retirement on 9 May 2010. He also sits on the board of Pos Malaysia Berhad and Telekom Malaysia Berhad.

He is a member of Audit and Risk Management Committee and also the Senior Independent Director of Kencana Petroleum Berhad.

Mohd Adzahar bin Abdul Wahid was appointed to the Board on 3 January 2006 and presently he is the Independent Non-Executive Director of Kencana Petroleum. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and is a Fellow Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom), a Member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Member of Financial Planning Association of Malaysia. He has vast experience in the areas of accounting, auditing, finance and corporate services. He started his career in accounting and auditing in the United Kingdom before serving Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad (now known as Alliance Merchant Bank Berhad) for 6 years. He last served there as Corporate Banking Manager. He subsequently served Naluri Berhad as Corporate Finance Manager for one year.

He joined PMCare Sdn Bhd in 1995 as the General Manager of Finance and was appointed as the Executive Director in April 1996. As the Executive Director, he is responsible for the overall management of the company which includes strategic planning, business development, finance and operations. Presently, he is also a Director of HMO Marketing Sdn Bhd, Prima Medicare Sdn Bhd, Nusantara lndah (M) Sdn Bhd, Sutra Budi Sdn Bhd and Navina ltLetrik Sdn Bhd.

He is the Chairman of Audit and Risk Management Commitee, and a member of Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Syed Zaid bin Syed Jaffar Albar was appointed to the Board on 16 September 2008 and presently he is the Independent Non-Executive Director of Kencana Petroleum. He obtained his B.A. (hons) Law from the United Kingdom and is qualified as a Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn, U.K. He was called to the Malaysian Bar as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1980 and has been active in legal practices ever since. Presently, Syed Zaid is the managing partner of an established law firm in Kuala Lumpur. Apart from that, he hold other directorships in public companies including Malaysia Building Societies Berhad, Malaysian Pacific Industries Berhad and Narra Industries Berhad.

He serves as the of emuneration and Nomination Committees and a member ofAudit and Risk Management Commitee.