Our Leader
Our Leader
IR. Azhar Zainal Abidin
Chief Executive Officer
Ir Azhar Zainal Abidin is the Managing Director and Founder of ProEight Sdn Bhd, a nationally and internationally award-winning SME company. He graduated from the University of Southampton in England, began his career as an Oil & Gas engineer in 1989, and later became a Lead Naval Architect.
Professional/Members
- Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate, Board of Engineers (BEM)
- Fellow of Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering (FCEE), UTM
- Industrial Advisory Panel (IAP) for Malaysia Petroleum Resources Corporation (MPRC)
- Member, Institute of Engineers (IEM)
- Member, Royal Institute of Naval Architect (RINA)
- Member, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)
Invited Speaker / Panel
- OGA & MOGSC’s SME on the Spotlight Session (2022)
- OGA & MOGSC’s Knowledge Centre Program (2022)
- Maktab Ketahanan Nasional for Strategic and Creative Thinking Topic (2022)
- PETRONAS Innovation Webinar on Reengineer & Rejuvenate (R&R) (2020)
- OGA & MOGSC Innovation Webinar: Remaking of the Oil & Gas Sector (2020)
- API Conference at API Exhibition on International Standards (AXIS) (2016)
- Oil & Gas Financial Forum (OGFF) (2015)
- MPRC Industry Networking Talk (2015)
- Focus Malaysia’s Oil and Gas Roundtable Discussion (2013)
- SME Corp’s Third Country Training Programme (2013)
- Tech Talk: Inovasi Dalam Industri Minyak & Gas dan Sesi Khidmat Nasihat kepada PKS Sarawak (2013)
- Sharing Experience session to the 1-Innocert companies (2012)
