Handal Energy Berhad appointed William H Van Vliet III as Chief Executive Officer. Age: 58. Nationality: United States.

Date of change: 27 Nov. 2023. Qualifications: Others in Naval engineering from US Naval Engineering System School, Naval Training Centre, Great Lake, Illinois.

Working experience and occupation: He joined the United States Armed Forces in 1985 as a steam plant engineer where he was primarily responsible for the operations of various engineering plants, both on and off shore. In 1992, he joined South Bay Communications as the senior vice president of operations, where he was mainly involved in the design and implementation of national signalling system 7 network with Siemens Stromberg-Carlson switch platforms to the Local Exchange Carrier network. In 1993, he joined West Coast Telecommunications as a senior technical consultant, where he was responsible to provide technical support for the integration of modern telecommunication systems in the company.

In 1994, he founded Universal Communications Network which focuses on designing and management of an international telecommunications carrier providing international backbone services to domestic carriers. The company specialized in pre-paid calling cards and private label calling cards to other carriers. After the company was sold in 1998, he founded Bridgeport Energy Corp.

in 1999 to provide consultancy services for companies and investors in the technology and energy sector. In 2007, he joined Renewable Fuel Corp. Inc. as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and holds the position until present day.

Renewable Fuel Corp. Inc. was publicly listed in 2010, where he has overseen the construction of several processing plant projects. In 2012, he was appointed to oversee Plant Biofuels Corporation Sdn Bhds construction of a 100,000 MT per year Desmet Ballestra Methylester biodiesel plant in Kuantan, Malaysia.

In 2015, he was also appointed as the CEO and Director of W.E. Smith Pty Ltd. to oversee the restructuring of the company.