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Petronas chief heads to Malaysia Airlines in state-sector shake-up

Oil industry veteran Wan Zulkiflee tasked with turning around troubled carrier

Outgoing Petronas CEO Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin will take the chairman's seat at Malaysia Airlines next month.   © Reuters
P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writer | Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR -- The president and CEO of Malaysia's state energy group Petroliam Nasional Berhad, or Petronas, has been appointed to serve as chairman of debt-stricken national carrier Malaysia Airlines, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said Saturday.

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