Hassan Marican

Hassan Marican, formally Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican, is a Malaysian businessman and corporate figure, born on 18 October 1952 in Sungai Petani, Kedah, and educated at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. He worked as a partner in the accounting firm Hanafiah Raslan and Mohamed from 1981 to 1989 before moving into the national oil company. He was President and Chief Executive of Petronas Nasional Berhad from 1995 until February 2010. In 2018 Mahathir Mohamad appointed him to the Council of Eminent Persons, became a director of the sovereign investment fund Khazanah Nasional, served as senior advisor to Temasek International Advisors and as chairman of Sembcorp Marine. In February 2023 Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim named him chairman of a special advisory body to the Minister of Finance, which was set up to propose measures to improve the country's financial and economic standing. He holds several Malaysian federal and state honours.