Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Hamid, a Malaysian aged 61, was appointed to the Board of Petra Energy Berhad (“Petra Energy”) on 13th July 2010.

He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Board Risk Management Committee, and a member of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Board of Petra Energy.

He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

He started his career in Coopers & Lybrand (previously known as Cooper Brothers & Co.) in 1971. He rose in the firm to eventually become its Chief Executive in 1993.When the firm merged with PriceWaterhouse in 1998 to form PricewaterhouseCoopers, he served as its Deputy Executive Chairman until he retired in June 2004.

Over a span of 33 years in the firm, he was involved in auditing, business consultancy and organisational development work covering a cross section of business sectors and industry.

Since his retirement, he has been passionately involved in the area of human capital development by undertaking business and leadership coaching of entrepreneurs and enterprises.

Currently, he serves as the President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the President of the ASEAN Federation of Accountants.

He is also a member of the Financial Reporting Foundation, the Advisory Panel of the Business & Economic Faculty of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, the Advisory Panel of the Business and Management Faculty of Universiti Putra Malaysia, the Professional Development Panel of INCEIF and the Senate at Open University Malaysia.

He presently sits on the boards of MIMOS Berhad, MIDF Amanah Asset Management Berhad and Proton Holdings Berhad.

He does not have any family relationship with any member of the Board or major shareholder of Petra Energy. He does not have any conflict of interest with Petra Energy and neither has he been convicted of any offence within the past 10 years.