Umw Oil & Gas Corporation Berhad has appointed Dato Abdul Rahman Bin Ahmad as non independent and non executive deputy chairman of the company on January 19, 2017. Dato' Abdul Rahman bin Ahmad began his career at Arthur Andersen, London and later served as Special Assistant to the executive chairman of Trenergy (M) Berhad/Turnaround Managers Inc. (M) Sdn Bhd. He subsequently joined Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad, the country's national asset management company as Unit Head and later went on to become Executive Director of SSR Associates Sdn Bhd. Dato' Abdul Rahman was the group managing director/chief executive officer of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad and subsequently served the same position for Media Prima Berhad. He was the chief executive officer of Ekuiti Nasional Berhad before assuming his current post in Permodalan Nasional Berhad as president & group chief executive.