Shell Malaysia appoints new chairman

KUALA LUMPUR: Shell Malaysia has today announced the appointment of Ivan Tan as its new country chairman effective from April  1.

Tan will succeed Datuk Iain Lo, who will retire from company service having served as chairman for eight years and after a distinguished career at Shell for 30 years. 

Tan will oversee all Shell Malaysia businesses, in addition to his current role as senior vice president and managing director for the upstream business in Malaysia. 

"We would like to thank Datuk Iain Lo for his contributions to Shell and to wish him well in his further endeavours," Shell Malaysia said.

Tan, a Sarawakian, began his career with Shell in Miri in 2001.

His early career comprised of several Wells, Contracting and Procurement and HSE assignments in Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and China.

In 2016, he led the technical integration of the Shell and British Gas businesses in Australia, before being appointed chief operating officer for Arrow Energy, one of Shell's joint ventures in the country. 

He was responsible for the end-to-end delivery of capacity development, projects, wells, asset management and energy markets for Arrow's business in the natural gas industry.