Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd has appointed Dato Mohammad Medan Abdullah as the new chief executive officer (CEO). Abdullah has taken over the position from Dato Mior Ahmad Baiti whose contract expired on March 1, 2017. Abdullah currently serves as an independent non-executive director for Handal Resources Bhd. Abdullah comes with more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and has previously held various positions in major corporations including managing director (MD) of Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore Pte Limited, MD/CEO of Malaysia LNG Group of Companies, General Counsel of Petronas Upstream Business sector. Besides, Abdullah has also served as executive assistant to the President or CEO of Petronas and as senior general manager of group supply chain management at Petronas and chairman/director of numerous Petronas companies.