Ismadi Bin Ismail
Chief Executive Officer PETRONAS Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn Bhd (PC(T)SB)
Ismadi Ismail is currently the CEO of PETRONAS Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn Bhd (PCTSB) since 1 April 2023. He graduated in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, USA in 1997 and has been with PETRONAS for more than 27 years as techno‐commercial person, accumulated vast knowledge in the Upstream operations and PETRONAS integrated value chain playing various roles encompassing petroleum engineering, business and strategic planning, strategy development and portfolio management, technology development and deployment, petroleum economics and assets management. He started his career in PETRONAS in 1997 as Allocation Engineer and Surveillance Engineer (Reservoir) in Peninsular Malaysia Assets, Kerteh before moved into Business Planning at Strategic Planning Department, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) Kuala Lumpur. Beyond that, among of his other roles and experiences were as the Head of Planning and Business Development for Mauritania Operations in 2007 managing deepwater operations; Head of Production Technology Specialised Studies responsible for new technology development (R&D), deployment and replication; Head of Development and Operations of PETRONAS Unconventional Division to oversee Canada shale gas and Australia coal‐bed methane (CBM) assets; and General Manager of Petroleum Economics Department responsible for Upstream assets valuation and commercial solutions. In April 2016, he led the Upstream Portfolio Department in Strategy and Commercial Division and played a critical role in enhancing portfolio management framework and developing Upstream Blueprint before appointed as the General Manager of Joint Venture Malaysia to manage Malaysia assets operated by ExxonMobil, Sapura‐OMV, Petrofac, EnQuest and Jadestone. He is passionate about developing talent and capability and promoting Diversity and Inclusion (D&I). He is actively involved in various programs and special projects within PETRONAS as well as external including as the Chairman of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Kuala Lumpur.