Title: Climate Change, Adaption and Mitigation
Dr. Shay Bahramirad, 2024 PES President
Dr. Shay Bahramirad, Senior Vice President of T&D, Strategy, and Sustainability at LUMA Energy in Puerto Rico, is a prominent industry leader. She holds the role of President at IEEE Power and Energy Society, serves on the editorial board of the Electricity Journal, is a US CIGRE Executive member, an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a founder of IEEE Women in Power. Additionally, she contributes to the United Nations SG7 initiative for Affordable and Clean Energy. With a PhD in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, she boasts numerous academic publications and holds multiple US patents. Previously, as Vice President of Climate and Resilience at Quanta Technology, she guided cities and utilities in climate change risk assessments and investment strategies. Earlier, as Vice President of Engineering and Smart Grid at ComEd, she spearheaded efforts to ensure the distribution system’s reliability, resiliency, and sustainability, while fostering a community of the future vision inclusive of STEM education for underrepresented groups, particularly girls. Dr. Shay Bahramirad is also recognized as an expert witness in state and federal regulatory proceedings concerning microgrids, energy storage, investment strategies, and distributed energy resources interconnection.
Title: Navigating the Intersections of Economic Growth and Environmental Responsibility in Energy
Tan Sri Abdul Razak bin Abdul Majid
Tan Sri Abdul Razak bin Abdul Majid was appointed as Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), effective 27 March 2023. He brings along 50 years of work experience spanning over the whole range of supply chain activities in the energy industry.
He currently serves as a member of the Action Committee for the establishment of the National Energy Center at UNITEN since 2022 and Independent Advisory Panel of Malaysian Petroleum Resources Corporation (MPRC), an entity under the Ministry of Economy, to oversee the development and sustainability of the services companies of the oil & gas sector since 2021. Dato’ Abdul Razak had also served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Petronas Gas Berhad (PGB) from 2018 to 2023.
He has held various leadership roles in the energy industry, including Chairman of the Energy Commission of Malaysia (2014-2018) and CEO of MyPOWER Corporation for two terms, 2009-2014 and 2018-2020. Over his tenure in MyPOWER Corporation and Energy Commission, he presided over a range of reform initiatives for the Malaysian Electricity Supply Industry (MESI), mainly arising out of the outcome of recommendations from MyPOWER studies. These included streamlining of capacity planning processes, competitive procurement of generation capacities for both conventional and renewable facilities as well as other other initiatives such as the establishment of ringed-fenced Single Buyer & Grid System Operator entities within the incumbent utility and Incentive-Based Regulation (IBR) framework incorporating fuel cost pass-through mechanism as the tariff setting mechanism for both electricity and gas supply networks. He also guided through the enactment of the Third-Party Access (TPA) framework for the electricity and gas supply industries.
For 36 years, he had served in planning, construction, and operation roles across Lembaga Letrik Negara (LLN) and TNB’s core Divisions, ultimately served as the Company’s Vice President (Generation) and Senior Vice President (Corporate Affairs). He was also seconded to the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department (1998-2001) to assist in the studies and assessment on the prospects of the restructuring of the Malaysia Electricity Supply Industry, under the Review of Services Sector Program by the agency.
Tan Sri Abdul Razak bin Abdul Majid graduated in Electrical Engineering from Brighton University, UK and holds Masters in Business Administration from Ohio University, USA.
Title: Accelerating Malaysia Energy Transition Program
Dato’ Ir. Ts. Abdul Razib bin Dawood
Dato’ Ir. Ts. Abdul Razib bin Dawood, the Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Commission, brings over 20 years of extensive experience in the power sector. He began his career with Tenaga Nasional Berhad Engineers Sdn. Bhd. and has worked for Malaysian and Australian national power utilities, independent power producers, and as a consultant for renewable energy.
Throughout his career, Dato’ Ir. Ts. Abdul Razib bin Dawood has held various significant roles, including construction engineer, project manager, technical advisor, systems planning engineer, and power system study specialist. He was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation by the Prime Minister’s Department from 2017 to 2018. In 2018, Dato’ Ir. Ts. Abdul Razib bin Dawood assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer at the Energy Commission and later assumed the role of Acting Chief Executive Officer in April 2019, utilizing his wealth of experience and knowledge to drive progress and innovation in the energy sector.
He was appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Commission effective 1 August 2019