KAMARIYAH BINTI HAMDAN was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of DIALOG on 27 July 2010. She is also a member of the Audit Committee.

She is a Malaysian, aged 60, and holds a Bachelor and a Master of Laws degree from the University of London, and a Barrister-at-Law degree from the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

She joined Petronas in 1979 as one of its legal advisors and during her 10 years tenure there, she also had the opportunity of heading the Product Trading and Supply Department of its then International Marketing Division. She was also Legal Advisor and Company Secretary to Petronas Gas Sdn Bhd (now Petronas Gas Berhad) in 1988. She left Petronas to be a Partner of Mah-Kamariyah & Partners from 1989 to 2005 where she continued to be actively involved in the oil and gas business.

She has over 26 years of working experience in various aspects of legal matters in relation to oil and gas, general corporate advisory, corporate finance, banking, real and personal property transactions, joint ventures, privatisation, engineering, procurement and construction contracts, technology transfers, etc.