Surya Hidayat bin Abdul Malik, a Malaysian aged 57, was appointed as the Chairman and Independent & Non-Executive Director of Petra Perdana Berhad (“Petra Perdana”) on 5th February 2010. He holds a Master Mariner Class 1 (Master Foreign Going) from the United Kingdom.

During the period from 1970-1980, he held various positions on board foreign going vessels under different flags. He was engaged by Kontena Nasional in 1980 and he left to join Shell Malaysia Berhad (“Shell”) in 1981 and has held various management positions since then in the marine department, supply base operations, logistics and procurement divisions. He was involved in some overseas assignments including posting in the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Oman and Holland and was a member of the Board of Trustees for four of Shell pension funds.

He is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Petra Perdana.

He is presently the Contracting & Procurement Country Manager for Shell Malaysia E&P.