KUALA LUMPUR: Former president and group chief executive officer of Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin (pic) has been appointed chairman of Gas Malaysia effective July 1.

       In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, Gas Malaysia said his appointment followed the resignation by Datuk Hasni Harun, effective today.

       Wan Zulkiflee, 61, is a non-executive group chairman of Malaysia Airlines Bhd and Malaysia Aviation Group Bhd.

       Before joining Malaysia Airlines, he served as the president and group CEO of Petronas from April 2015 until June 2020.

       He began his career in Petronas in 1983 as a process engineer involved in the development of several gas processing plants.