Petronas group CEO named among 100 best global brand guardians

Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) president and group chief executive officer Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin has made it to the list of 100 best global Brand Guardians for 2019 by Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation authority.

Petronas said Wan Zulkiflee was ranked number 95 in the world by Brand Finance.

“He received the recognition due to his visionary leadership, prudent management and successful track record in steering the national oil and gas company and the industry forward through some of the most turbulent and challenging years in recent times,” it said in a statement today.

Based on the world’s top companies by portfolio brand value extracted from the Brand Finance Global 500 2019, the new ranking rates CEOs to capture how well they measure up as brand managers.

Wan Zulkiflee’s inclusion for the first time in the Top 100 list complements Petronas’ climb up this year’s Top 500 Most Valuable Brands list, moving up to number 127 from number 132 in 2018,” said Petronas.

Other big names included in the list are Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Shell’s Ben Van Beurden. 

- Bernama