13:55, 3 July 2024 (UTC)~~ Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican (born 18 October 1952) is a Malaysian businessman and corporate figure who has served as Chairman of the Special Advisory Body to the Minister of Finance

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and Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan since February 2023. He is the former President and Chief Executive of

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, Member of the Council of Eminent Persons and Member of the Board of Directors of

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Early life and education

Hassan was born in

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, Kedah on 18 October 1952. He studied in Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) in 1971.

Career

Hassan Marican was a partner of an accounting firm named Hanafiah Raslan & Mohamed from 1981 to 1989. Hassan was the CEO of Petronas Nasional Berhad from 1995 till 10 February 2010. He was appointed by

Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir bin Mohamad ( ms, محاضير بن محمد, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author, and physician who served as the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the office ...

as a Member of the Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) along with Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Daim Zainuddin, Robert Kuok and Jomo Kwame Sundaram in 2018. He was appointed a Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad on July the same year. Hassan is also the Senior Advisor of Temasik International Advisors, the Chairman of

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, and the Director of the Regional Economic Development Authority of Sarawak.

Chairman of the Special Advisory Body to the Minister of Finance

On 7 February 2023, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

announced the formation of a special advisory body to him as the Minister of Finance and the body appointments of Hassan as Chairman as well as Executive Chairman of the FVSB Sdn Bhd Ahmad Fuad Md Ali, Professor of Economics of the Sunway University Yeah Kim Leng, Professor of Economics of the University of Malaya, Distinguished Professor Rajah Rasiah and Chairman of the Sarawak Energy Berhad Amar Abdul Hamed Sepawi as Members. Anwar also added that the group would not be paid by the government.On 8 February 2023, Anwar revealed that the task of the body was to propose actions to improve the financial and economic standing of Malaysia and Hassan would announce further details of the actions.On 12 February 2023, Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Anwar on Economics and Finance

Nurul Izzah Anwar Nurul Izzah binti Anwar ( Jawi: ; born 19 November 1980) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Permatang Pauh from May 2018 to November 2022 and for Lembah Pantai from March 2008 to May 2018. A member of the ...

resigned from the position after accepting the invitation by Hassan to serve as co-chairperson of the secretariat of the body along with Petronas senior manager Khairil Anuar Ramli to support the work of body.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

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Commander of the

Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia The Most Esteemed Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia ( ms, Darjah Yang Mulia Setia Mahkota Malaysia) is a Malaysian federal award presented for meritorious service to the country and awarded by the sovereign. The order was instituted on ...

(PSM) – Tan Sri (1997) * : ** Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (SSDK) – Dato' Seri (2008) * : ** MY-FED Darjah Mahkota Wilayah - Grand Knight - SUMW

MY-FED Darjah Mahkota Wilayah - Grand Knight - SUMW

Grand Knight of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SUMW) – Datuk Seri Utama (2009) * : ** MY-TER Order of Sultan Mahmud I of Terengganu - DSMT - ASM

Member Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Mahmud I of Terengganu (DSMT) – Dato' (1992) ** MY-TER Order of the Crown of Terengganu - SPMT - SMT - AMT

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (SPMT) – Dato' (1996) * : ** MY-SAR Order of the Star of Sarawak - 2 ribbon PNBS -JBS-PBS-ABS-BBS

Knight Commander of the

Order of the Star of Sarawak The Most Excellent Order of the Star of Sarawak(lit: 'Darjah Yang Amat Gemilang Bintang Sarawak') was established by Charles Vyner Brooke, The Rajah of Sarawak, on 26 September 1928 as the highest order of chivalry within the Raj of Sarawak.Sara ...

(PNBS) – Dato Sri (2003)

References

1952 births Living people People from Kedah Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian businesspeople Malaysian chief executives Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu Knights Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak {{Malaysia-bio-stub