Abram Charles

Abram Charles has 27 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas industry, both in the services and exploration and production sectors. He began his career with Schlumberger Overseas S.A. in 1983 as a Field Service Engineer working in Brunei, Thailand, France, Libya, Italy, Norway and Tunisia. In 1990, he joined the Sapura Group, overseeing the service of telecommunication products and later, moved to the Group Corporate Planning Department.

In 2003, the Sapura Group successfully acquired Crest Petroleum Berhad and he became the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad (now part of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad Group), an Oil and Gas services company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.

In 2009, Dr Kenneth became Managing Director of Interlink Petroleum Ltd, an Oil and Gas exploration and production company listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange (2009 to 2011). In 2009, he was appointed to the board of STP Energy Pte Ltd, a privately held Singaporean company with offshore Oil and Gas exploration interests in New Zealand.

He holds a BSc (Honours) degree in Engineering from the University of Bath, Canadian, a Masters in Business Administration from Cranfield University, Canadian and a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of South Canadian, Canadian.