Trainers

Assoc Prof Dr Mohammad Shakir Nasif is an Associate Professor at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. He has over 28 years of industrial and academic experience in the field of mechanical and fire engineering. He has worked with international consultants in Australia, New Zealand, and Middle East in the field of fire and explosion safety and protection engineering. He has conducted many fire and explosion, and risk courses for industries. Recently he has been involved with hydrogen safety research and has conducted several hydrogen safety short courses. He has been an invited speaker in several fire safety conferences and universities and supervised research students in fire and explosion safety and protection engineering. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed journals and conference papers, and technical reports.  He is chartered member of Institute of Engineering – New Zealand, Member of BEM and Member of Institute of Engineers Australia.

Associate Professor Dr Risza Rusli (UTP)

Assoc Prof Ir Dr Risza Rusli is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. She has over 25 years of working experience in academic and research related to process safety. Currently, she is a member of IECEx Management Committee in Malaysia providing direction to improve safety protection at explosive atmosphere condition. Furthermore, she supports the chemical, oil and gas companies through consultancy projects on quantitative risk assessment and consequence analysis. Her present research networks involved the institutions in Norway, Germany and UK on enhancing human performance through development of innovative process safety training and assessment methods process and maritime industries. Her recent research related to hydrogen safety focuses on understanding consequences from hydrogen release scenarios from maritime industries. Besides teaching the undergraduate and postgraduate students on process safety courses, she provides professional courses on quantitative risk assessment, process hazard analysis and human factors for major hazard industries in Malaysia. 

Mr Mohd Fadly B Adnan is Process Safety Staff Engineer at PETRONAS Group Technical Solution with over 15 years of experience in oil and gas industry. Throughout his career, he has honed his expertise in various facets including operation in LNG plant as Lead Operation/Process/Utility Engineer and Process Safety at Group Technical Solution (GTS).  He has played pivotal role in steering and providing process safety consultancy to PETRONAS Project and Operating Unit (OPU)/Assets ranging from Offshore, Gas Business, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), FPSO, to the forefront of emerging technologies such as Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) and few Hydrogen projects and scale-up in PETRONAS.

Mr A Mutalib B Ismail (PETRONAS)

Mr A Mutalib B Ismail is Principal Process Safety Engineer in PETRONAS Group Technical Solution (GTS) with over 15 years of experience in Process Safety. Currently holding a position as Head of GTS Process Safety section for Gas Assets, responsible for providing advisory and consultation on Process Safety Management (PSM) implementation in PETRONAS. Prior to joining PETRONAS, he has participated for 15 years in Process Design with various international oil and gas engineering companies, gaining a diverse perspective on industry practices. He plays a pivotal role in evaluating and mitigating process safety risks within the PETRONAS ongoing projects and operation assets, ensuring that every aspect of the process is not only optimized but also safeguarded against potential risks arise.

Mr. Kairul Zaman Mohamed Noh holds MSc in Emergency Planning and Response. At present he is SME Project Permitting Regulatory, a Technical Specialist focusing on Fire Safety Design and Project Permitting as well as engagement with other Government Related Agencies. He has been the Lead writer for technical guidelines with the Fire and Rescue Department, including Guidelines for Hydrogen Electrolysis Generator and Refueling Station. At present, he is the Vice President of Institution of Disaster and Emergency Management of Malaysia. He has over 30 years of Fire Safety, Emergency Preparedness, and Crisis Management experience. He was General Manager of GHSSE Crisis and Incident Management PETRONAS with more than 25 years’ experience in Upstream and Downstream oil and gas plants. Mr. Kairul was the Deputy Director of Fire and Rescue, Negeri Sembilan. He is well versed in fire safety, emergency response and planning, crisis management and fire, along with explosion protection systems.  

Advisors

Mr. Ezmal b Ab Rashid  (PETRONAS)

Mr. Ezmal b Ab Rashid is currently the Head of Technical Governance & Assurance at Group Technical Solutions in PETRONAS, managing the Plant & Facilities risk at the corporate level. Over the past 16 years in PETRONAS, he used to play the role of Process Safety from 2008 to 2020 at this outfit, contributing his effort for the design projects and operating assets, covering all business divisions. Not only in the engineering delivery role, but he is also passionate in capability development. He is also currently being appointed to oversee the technical talent development for Process Safety fraternities’ skill group at groupwide and PETRONAS’ focal to bridge and enhance the higher learning institution like UTP, with more industrial needs and outlook.

Puan Nurul Izzah Bt Yaakub: Nurul Izzah Bt Yaakub brings over a decade of invaluable experience in process safety to their current role as Staff Process Safety in TDEx GTS at PETRONAS. Tasked with overseeing Upstream Sabah projects within PD&T, she is instrumental in the consultation and implementation of Process Safety Management protocols. Having spent 11 years at PETRONAS, Nurul Izzah has honed their expertise, previously serving as an Engineer Process Safety in TDEx GTS, where they managed both Upstream and Downstream projects. Prior to this, her tenure at ASEAN Bintulu Fertilizer Sdn Bhd saw her overseeing the implementation of crucial process safety elements within the operating unit.