Dagang NeXchange Berhad Annual Report 2022

ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION(S): • Bachelor’s Engineering Degree in Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia WORKING EXPERIENCE: Zainal is Executive Director, Energy Business Division of the Company. He was previously Group Managing Director of the Company until he retired on 22 January 2019, and subsequently appointed as Executive Director. He is also Managing Director of Ping Petroleum Limited, a subsidiary of the Company. He is an accomplished industry leader with a wealth of experience in managing businesses and operations in high-technology and capital-intensive upstream oil and gas industry, and power generation utilities. He has demonstrated significant leadership experience in upstream exploration and production, including offshore operations, and joint–venture management, with strong partner relation experience with global players in the oil and gas sector. He also has in-depth knowledge of major hydrocarbon-producing areas in West Africa, North America and the Asia Pacific in addition to leadership experience overseeing power business in the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia. He was also former Chief Executive Officer of Malakoff Corporation Berhad, having successfully spearheaded the company’s transformation into a leading international Independent Water and Power Producer (“IWPP”) with core businesses in power generation, renewable energy, water desalination and operations & maintenance services. Prior to Malakoff Corporation Berhad, he had a long career at ExxonMobil, spanning 28 years in variousmanagerial and leadership roles at themultinational company’s business units and operations worldwide. PRESENT DIRECTORSHIP(S) IN OTHER LISTED ENTITY: • Theta Edge Berhad PRESENT DIRECTORSHIP IN OTHER PUBLIC COMPANY: • None ZAINAL ‘ABIDIN ABD JALIL Executive Director Number of Board Meetings Attended during the financial year: 10/10 Membership of Board Committees: • None Date of Appointment 19 June 2014 Date of Last Re-election: 29 June 2020 Length of Service 7 years 5 months Nationality Malaysian Gender Male Age 63 Audit Committee Nomination and Remuneration Committee Whistleblowing Committee Risk, Governance and Sustainability Committee Employee Share Option Scheme Committee Board Procurement and Tender Committee 99 DNeX INTEGRATED REPORT 2022

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