En. Azmir Zamri
Azmir joined PETRONAS in 1996 after graduating from the University of Glasgow with a degree in Geology & Applied Geology. He currently serves as Head of Resource Exploration and is a member of the Malaysia Petroleum Management Leadership Team, where he shapes the national exploration strategy. He leads the award of exploration blocks and chairs the Strategic Operations Committee Meeting (SOCM), providing regulatory oversight of operators’ exploration work programs and budgets. His current focus is on accelerating frontier basin activation and redefining the potential of mature basins in Malaysia.
Dr. Pierre Eliet
Pierre has 30 years of experience working in upstream growth projects with a focus on South-East Asia. Pierre worked with Lundin Energy and Roc Oil with oversight of subsurface and growth across both Groups’ Asian portfolios. He served as Technical & Business Development Director SE Asia for Lundin and as GM - Exploration, Geoscience & Business Development for Roc Oil & Director ROC Oil Malaysia. Pierre also previously worked at TotalEnergies and Cairn Energy plc in the United Kingdom, India and on new venture projects globally. Over his time at Cairn Pierre was closely associated with the discovery of the Cairn Rajasthan fields in India, and specifically the flagship Mangala field. Pierre now leads the Seascape business in Malaysia. Pierre holds a BA in Earth Science from Trinity College in Dublin (1991), a PhD FGS, Fellow Geological Society (London).
En. Khairul Hamidi
Khairul Hamidi is appointed as Senior General Manager of Malaysia Ventures, Exploration, Upstream, effective 1 August 2025. In this role, Hamidi will be instrumental in shaping the strategic direction of Exploration in Malaysia. He will lead efforts to deliver technical excellence, deploy fit-for-purpose technologies, and drive operational efficiency across the PETRONAS Carigali Exploration Portfolio in Malaysia, to accelerate resource growth and optimise resource management for PETRONAS Upstream.
Solène Guillemoto
Solène Guillemoto is Head of Malaysia Exploration at TotalEnergies EP Malaysia, based in Kuala Lumpur, and has 16 years with TotalEnergies. Throughout her career, she has worked primarily in exploration, contributing across several countries and diverse geological settings, spanning both mature and frontier basins. Currently, Solène oversees exploration activities in Malaysia, managing numerous licenses across offshore domains. She leads multidisciplinary teams delivering disciplined prospect maturation and value creation, integrating rigorous subsurface interpretation with partnership‑driven execution. Her technical expertise includes basin‑scale opportunity screening and structural and stratigraphic analysis.
Karyna Rodriguez
Karyna is an Oxford University graduated Petroleum Geoscientist with over 30 years of multidisciplinary technical experience in global exploration projects. She possesses diverse experience from her time at PEMEX, BG and other major oil companies, where she worked with high level management developing their strategic portfolios. She currently works at Searcher as part of a high performing team dedicated to identifying, pursuing, and realizing new ventures to support efforts in optimizing hydrocarbon exploration in mature and frontier basins around the globe.
