Dialog Group has announced that Mustaffa Kamal Abu Bakar, who was the Chief Operating Officer, has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer whilst Mr Keith Collins, who was the Managing Director of Upstream Oil and Gas and member of the Executive Leadership Team, has assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer, effective 7 October 2024.

Mustaffa Kamal Abu Bakar is a Malaysian, aged 60 and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Nevada-Reno University, USA. He has more than 37 years of working experience in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry. He was formerly with PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. for 5 years and with other oil and gas related companies in design consultancy, construction and fabrication, and maintenance and specialised services. He is also a Council Member of the Malaysian Gas Association.

He joined the Group in 2001 as Director, Business Development (Plant Services Division) and was later the Chief Executive Officer of DIALOG E & C Sdn. Bhd. and DIALOG Plant Services Sdn. Bhd. He was subsequently promoted to Group Managing Director for Malaysia Business Operations on 1 November 2009 and later appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of DIALOG on 10 October 2014.

Mr Keith Collins is a British, aged 63 and holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He has more than 41 years of oil and gas experience, and has considerable expertise in upstream management, drilling, completion, and field development activities abroad and in Malaysia.

Prior to joining DIALOG, he was the CEO of Vestigo Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of PETRONAS Carigali for 7 years. In 2021, he joined DIALOG as the Managing Director of Upstream Oil and