Deleum Berhad announced the appointment of Encik Ramanrao Bin Abdullah as Group Chief Executive Officer with effect from July 1, 2021. He has built a career in the oil and gas industry spanning more than 25 years, all of which have been with Halliburton. His various roles in the company included those in the Finance, Business Development and Operation workstreams before assuming the position of Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton Asia Pacific in 2014. Following this, he was appointed to a newly created role as Vice President of Business Development for Asia Pacific and Asian National Oil Companies for their Global Operations in 2018. Prior to his career in the energy sector, he was a practicing accountant in an audit firm in Bath, England for six years. His extensive experience in both the corporate and regulatory framework of the oil and gas industry, not just in Malaysia and regionally but also globally, as well as his training as a chartered accountant, has equipped him with a comprehensive range of diverse competencies relevant to this sector.