Syed is currently the General Manager Shell Business Operations KL. In his current capacity, Syed is accountable for delivering an efficient and flexible platform of infrastructure and people management structures that enable the delivery of global operations to the Shell Group. He is also a member of Shell Malaysia Leadership Team.

Spanning 33 years in Shell, Syed brings with him a diverse experience working with various Upstream and Integrated Gas businesses. He started his Shell journey in 1990 and worked in several technical roles in Malaysia. In 1997, he took on an assignment with Petroleum Development Oman and returned to Malaysia in 2001 to join Shell Gas & Power as a tecno-commercial professional supporting the governance of Shell’s equity in the Malaysia LNG Dua and Tiga joint ventures. Syed moved to Japan as General Manager for LNG & Strategy in 2008, supporting Shell’s LNG marketing initiatives and business development activities with Japanese customers and partners. From 2013 to 2017, Syed was appointed as General Manager Market Access based in Jakarta, Indonesia to oversee the gas/LNG market development activities. Upon returning to Malaysia, Syed became the Advisor of Shell Malaysia where he was responsible for the overall Shell relationship with PETRONAS.

Syed has a Bachelor of Science (High Honours) in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland USA. On the personal front, Syed is married and has three children. His hobbies include travel and music. He is also a “cat-daddy” and his 11 cats have more than 920,000 followers on TikTok.