Datuk Haji Beroz Nikmal Mirdin, male, a Malaysian, aged 45, is the Non-Independent Executive Chairman of the Group. He was appointed to the Board on 18 June 2020. He spearheads the direction and development of the renewable energy business of the Group and he is responsible for the overall overseeing of the corporate goals.
He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Widener University, United States of America (“USA”) in August 2000 and a Master of Science in Management Information Systems from Pennsylvania State University, USA in June 2006. In October 2021, he completed an online course on circular economy and sustainability strategies from the University of Cambridge.
He joined PJM Interconnection LLC, USA, a regional transmission organisation that coordinates the movements of wholesale electricity in some regions of the USA in December 1999 as an Engineer and left in November 2006. He was mainly involved in high level decision making and external communications with the independent power producer developers and regulatory bodies.
After his return to Malaysia, he served as the Manager (Operation Studies), System Operations Department of Tenaga Nasional Berhad from January 2007 to December 2009 where he was in charge of the operation studies section in the company to perform system reliability studies on a periodic basis. In February 2010, he was the Vice President, Investments of Khazanah Nasional Berhad where he was seconded to lead a special task force in MyPOWER Corporation to restructure and improve efficiencies of delivery of electricity in the Malaysia Electric Supply Industry (MESI) and left the company in December 2010. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Director of Perak Hydro Renewable Energy Corporation Sdn. Bhd. from July 2010 to August 2017 where he was involved in the development of the comprehensive master plan of 150 MW small hydropower plant in Perak, as well as preserving the interests of the company’s stakeholders. He was also an Executive Director at Gunung Capital Berhad from November 2013 to November 2016 where he was responsible in overseeing the development of small hydropower plant projects in Perak.
He has 24 years of experience in the renewable energy sector in which he was involved in the development of various small hydropower and large-scale solar projects. Currently, he is also the Chief Executive Officer of Telekosang One and Telekosang Two since October 2018, responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of Telekosang One and spearheaded the development of the project in all aspects from identifying the suitability of the site to obtaining the approvals to develop the project from the state government. He was also in charge of the process of issuance greenfield mini-hydro green SRI Sukuk, covering key activities, such as discuss with credit rating agency and fund-raising roadshows.