Shamini Indrasanan

Primary Liaison with key Malaysian government working groups for a national carbon capture project, helping align multiple ministries to advance investment decisions and support the scale-up of CCUS and Carbon Capture-as-a-Service (CCaaS) efforts:

• Work closely with Malaysian government ministries to obtain critical approvals and secure multi-million-ringgit funding for a government-led feasibility study, laying the groundwork for industrial-scale carbon capture deployment at a major steel facility.
• Lead and orchestrate a high-level multi-ministerial workshop to foster alignment across government stakeholders and support progress toward a major investment decision for national carbon capture development.
• Focal with the ministries pertaining to the CCUS Bill and Act, a foundational policy to enable CCUS deployment in Malaysia, and supporting efforts to establish a clear and collaborative regulatory framework.

Managing multiple strategic partnerships across the carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) value chain to support the scale-up of a CCaaS venture, while actively engaging international partners in early-stage discussions to secure multi-million-ringgit post-pre-seed investments:

• Build and manage partnerships with global technology, engineering, and logistics firms, aligning collaboration with business goals and unlocking opportunities across development, deployment, and commercialisation phases.
• Identified a regional energy player in Southeast Asia as a prospective customer for a front-end engineering opportunity valued at approximately RM50 million, and currently progressing toward a formal commercial proposal to advance engagement.
• Support early-stage company formation efforts by contributing to the development of preliminary draft Term Sheets and Shareholder Agreements, laying the foundation for structured co-investment and governance with strategic partners in the post–pre-seed phase.
• Collaborate with internal M&A and investment teams to strengthen the CCaaS venture’s business case through pre-seed valuation analysis and support the development of early-stage financial models (Series A–C), integrating corporate venture capital portfolios to reinforce long-term commercial viability.

Enabling strategic alignment and scale-up of a post-combustion carbon capture business through stakeholder engagement and commercial planning:

• Support team lead in the preparing and delivering presentations to key stakeholders (internal and external), effectively communicating business strategy and securing critical approvals.
• Commercial focal for oversight committee meetings of a key international project, ensuring alignment with commercialisation strategies and progressing the project toward a viable business case.
• Support commercial scale-up of PETRONAS’ in-house post-combustion CO2 capture technology by aligning business strategy with technology milestones to enable integration into the broader CCaaS business model.

• Worked on sustainability and decarbonisation projects by delivering data-driven insights, leading industry research and reporting, and strengthening client relationships to support business growth.
• Supported the ACES Award initiative, contributing to industry recognition and excellence.

• Contributed to the marketing and investor engagement efforts to support the successful launch of a capital fundraising initiative via RCPS, helping attract early-stage investors and strengthen market positioning.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to lead strategic planning, financial forecasting, and commercial reporting activities, delivering key insights and materials for Exco and Board-level decision-making.

• Led the evaluation of business opportunities across 10+ countries, ensuring strategic fit with operational needs and serving as the key commercial liaison for overseas operations.
• Supported special projects, including disposal of assets and business restructuring.

• Built and supported client relationships and proposed financial plans that met their requirement.

• Managed daily treasury operations handling RM500 million to RM1 billion in money market transactions, ensuring efficient liquidity management and supporting bank’s funding strategies.

• Managed daily accounting for six mutual funds, ensuring accurate reconciliation and timely preparation of Net Asset Values, yields, distributions, and other essential reports.
• Prepared and submitted audit, tax, and compliance reports promptly to support smooth regulatory and operational processes.

Group Corporate Assurance (Internal Audit)

• Identified areas of weaknesses arising from the systems and control evaluations and made recommendation for improvement. Assignments covered power generation (Powertek Berhad), gaming (Damacai) and leisure (TGV Cinemas) businesses.

Group Finance (Building & Property Management)

• Performed daily processing and accounting for revenue and expenditures for the company and assisted in the planning of Tropical Island in Germany.

• Supported the planning of audit and report preparation in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards.