Abdul Aziz Bin Ishak, aged 56, was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 29 February 2008. A marine engineer by profession, Encik Abdul Aziz bin Ishak completed his secondary education from Malay College, Kuala Kangsar in 1970 and later obtained an Ordinary National Certificate in Nautical Science from the Riversdale Collegeof Technology, Liverpool, United Kingdom in 1974 and a Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1981. He later attended Advanced Management Program from the Smeal Business School from the Pennsylvania State University in the United States of America. He has over thirty (30) years of experience in the Oil and Gas and marine industry having started his careers as a Cadet and Deck Navigating Offer with Blue Funnel Line in Liverpool in 1971 and later joined Orient Lloyd (M) Sdn Bhd as Shipping Operations Executive in 1975. From 1981 to1983, he was attached to Penang Port Commission as Naval Architect / Planning Engineering before joining PETRONAS, Marine Department in 1983 as Section Head. He was later promoted to Senior Manager, Technical Services of PETRONAS Tankers Sdn Bhd in 1990 and was posted to France and Japan before returning to Malaysia in 1996 as General Manager, Fleet Operations. In 1999, he was promoted to the position of Chief Executive Officer and later as the Managing Director until his retirement in 2007. Concurrently between 1999 - 2001, he was also the Senior General Manager for Fleet Management Division and later as Senior General Manager, LNG Shipping Business Division of MISC Berhad.