Adif Zulkifli
PETRONAS
Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Upstream
Adif Zulkifli is the Executive Vice President & CEO of PETRONAS’ Upstream Business. Leading up to his appointment, he was the Executive Vice President & CEO of the Gas & New Energy Business, where he was responsible for the company’s Midstream Gas Assets, LNG Marketing and New Energy. Adif previously held the role as the Senior Vice President of Development & Production, Upstream Business overseeing Upstream development projects and operations worldwide. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, responsible for shaping and steering PETRONAS’ long term strategic direction, including leading Mergers & Acquisitions as well as change management and strategic industry research. Previously, Adif was the Vice President of Malaysia Petroleum Management and was accountable for all upstream regulations and governance for the country’s oil and gas resources. Adif was also the Head of Strategy & New Ventures Division in the Exploration & Production (E&P) Business and served as an Executive Assistance to the then President and Group CEO of PETRONAS. Adif is a Board member and director for PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd., PETRONAS International Corporation Ltd and PETRONAS Energy Canada Ltd (PECL). A member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Adif has played leading roles within the petro-technical community in Asia Pacific and Middle East via his role as the SPE Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Council Chair, Board Member for International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) and serves on the International advisory committee for Offshore Technology Conference Asia (OTCA). He was previously the Vice Chair for the E&P Working Committee for the International Gas Union (IGU). Adif holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering form the Colorado School of Mines and a Master of Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Illinois, United States.