C-THRU picks Datuk Sazali Hamzah as advisory panel member

C-THRU picks Datuk Sazali Hamzah as advisory panel member


Senior vice president, managing director, and CEO of Petronas Chemical Group, Datuk Sazali Hamzah, has been appointed to the advisory panel of an international carbon emissions research project.

C-THRU is a $4 million international research project which aims to deliver the world’s most comprehensive, reliable and transparent account of current and likely future emissions from the petrochemicals sector. 

As an expert in the oil and gas industry, Hamzah was selected for the C-THRU project’s advisory panel. Together with the other panel members, Hamzah will provide the project team guidance on the direction and dissemination of the project and its findings, using his expertise which spans 30 years in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industry. 

C-THRU principal investigator and project lead, Dr Jonathan Cullen, said: “We’re very excited to have such broad expertise on C-THRU’s international advisory panel to support our ambitious vision. 

“Datuk Sazali’s strong links with IChemE and experience managing petrochemical facilities in Asia will be invaluable for the research team and project goals.”

Hamzah said: “I’m delighted to be put forward by IChemE and accepted by the C-THRU project team to be upon the advisory panel.

“I look forward to bringing my expertise to this international team of highly experienced professionals and playing my part to help shape the future of the petrochemicals industry.”

For more information visit www.petronas.com

22nd June 2021