Profile of the board
of directors
HALIM
BIN HAJI DIN
Independent Non-Executive Director
Encik Halim, a Malaysian aged 68, was
appointed to the Board of WSC on
22 May 2002.
Encik Halim is a Chartered Accountant who spent more than thirty (30) years
working for multinational corporations and international consulting firms. He
accumulated eighteen (18) years of experience working in the Oil and Gas Industry
- six (6) years of which as a Board member of Caltex/Chevron, responsible for
financial management before engaging in the Consulting business. Prior to
his appointment as a Board member of Caltex Malaysia, Encik Halim served
as Regional Financial Advisor for Caltex Petroleum Corporation Dallas, Texas
overseeing investment viability of the Corporation’s Asian subsidiaries.
Encik Halim also had extensive experience in corporate recovery when he
worked for Ernst & Whinney, London, United Kingdom in mid 1980’s. He was
appointed as Managing Partner of the Consulting Division of Ernst & Young
Malaysia in 1995. He later became the Country Advisor of Cap Gemini Ernst
& Young Consulting when Cap Gemini of France merged with Ernst & Young
Consulting. In 2003, he with two (2) partners took over the consulting business
of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Malaysia through a management buyout and
rebranded it as Innovation Associates, currently known as The IA Group, where
he is currently the Chairman of the Group.
Encik Halim was also a Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified
Public Accountants from 1994 to 2003.
Encik Halim also served as a Board Member of Employees Provident Fund
(KWSP) for four (4) years from April 2009 till May 2013.
Encik Halim is a Board member of BNP Paribas Malaysia Berhad, Takaful Ikhlas
Sdn Bhd, IGB REIT Management Sdn Bhd and Kwasa Land Sdn Bhd. He is also a
Director of several other private limited companies.
Mr Maccagno, an Italian aged 51, was
firstappointedasanExecutive Director
of WSC on 1 June 2004 and subsequently
promoted to be the Deputy Managing
Directoron1 January 2007.MrMaccagno
is also the Chief Executive Officer of the
Wasco Energy Group of Companies. He is
responsible for the overall business
and management operations of the WSC
Group.
Mr Maccagno attained his Bachelor in Business Administration from Tecnico
Commerciale Maddalena Adria (RO) Italy in 1982, after which he worked with
Socotherm S.R.L, Italy from 1984 to 1987 as a Trainee in Production and Project
Management. He was appointed as Project Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in
Nigeria from 1987 to 1990 and was briefly seconded to Petro-Pipe Industries
(M) Sdn Bhd (“PPI”) in 1990 to assist in the setting up of PPI’s coating plant in
Kuantan, Malaysia. After serving as Country Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in
Taiwan from 1991 to 1992, he returned to Malaysia in 1993 to be the General
Manager of Wasco Coatings Malaysia Sdn Bhd (formerly known as PPSC
Industries Sdn Bhd) in Kuantan, Malaysia. He has vast experience in the global
pipe coating business and the oil and gas business in general.
Mr Maccagno is a Director of Petra Energy Berhad. He also sits on the Board of
several other private limited companies.
GIANCARLO MACCAGNO
Deputy Managing Director
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