Key Senior Management

Key Senior Management

Isham Bin Ismail

Chief Human Resources Officer

Nationality: Malaysian
Date of appointment as Director of Human Resources and Corporate Services: 2nd August 2021
Date of redesignation as Chief Human Resources Officer: 1st August 2023

He is responsible for overseeing the human resource functions of our Group. He has over 30 years of experience in the O&G industry under various roles in departments such as Human Resources and Business Development.

He obtained his Bachelor of Management (Honours) from Universiti Sains Malaysia in September 1993. 

He began his career in January 1993 by joining Shell group of companies under the employment of Sarawak Shell Berhad as a Human Resources Policy and Development Officer where his responsibilities included the development and management of the Human Resources policies of the company, as well as Employee Relations, which includes dialogues with consultative bodies and unions. 

In March 1996, he was transferred to Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd and was redesignated as Business Development Executive, where he was responsible for commercial sales and business development in the East Coast of Malaysia. In July 1997, he was promoted to Territory Retail Manager Central where he was responsible for the management of operations and performance of retail stations in the Klang Valley. 

In August 2001, he was transferred to Shell MDS (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and was redesignated as Human Resources Manager where he was responsible for the talent and leadership development of the company. In March 2006, he was transferred to Shell Global Solutions International BV in The Hague, Netherlands and was redesignated as Senior Resourcing Adviser where he was responsible for the resourcing and talent recruitment for gas and power projects. 

In March 2010, he was transferred back to Malaysia to join Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad (now known as Hengyuan Refining Company Berhad, a public company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities) and was redesignated as Human Resources Manager, Downstream Manufacturing Department Malaysia where his responsibilities included provision of human resources management, strategic human resource advice and coaching for the refinery. 

In January 2016, he was transferred to Qatar Shell GTL Limited in Doha, Qatar and was redesignated as Human Resources Account Manager, Production Department Qatar where he was tasked with the provision of a full range of Human Resources functions including human resources management which includes talent, leadership and performance management. 

He left Shell group of companies in December 2017 and joined Repsol Oil and Gas Malaysia Limited as People and Organisation Manager in January 2018 where he was responsible for the overall management of the human resources functions of the company. 

In August 2021, he left Repsol Oil and Gas Malaysia Limited to join SSTCM as Director of Human Resource and Corporate Services where he was responsible for human resources and information technology support functions of our Group. He was redesignated as Chief Human Resources Officer in August 2023, a position he holds to date.