Muhammad Huzaini Ghazali brings over two decades of multidisciplinary experience spanning engineering, strategy, commercial development and portfolio management across the global energy landscape. Since joining Gentari in 2023, he has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s long-term strategic direction, helping to establish Gentari as a credible and purpose-driven clean energy solutions partner in Asia Pacific.

Appointed Chief Strategy and Portfolio Officer in November 2022, Huzaini oversees the company’s enterprise-wide strategic and portfolio planning, investment governance and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).

His remit also includes leading Gentari’s strategic communications and advocacy efforts, managing key partnerships to strengthen influence and stakeholder alignment and advancing strategic integration across the company’s three business pillars: Renewable Energy, Hydrogen and Green Mobility.

A founding member of the PETRONAS Clean Energy Solutions Transition team, Huzaini was instrumental in conceptualising and driving the integrated value capture plans that laid the foundation for Gentari’s establishment. His appointment to the leadership team marked a natural continuation of his contributions to Malaysia’s clean energy ambitions.

Prior to Gentari, Huzaini held a diverse range of roles across the PETRONAS Group, including in corporate and upstream strategy, LNG optimisation, business transformation and M&A - each reflecting his versatility, commercial acumen and ability to drive results across highly complex environments. His international experience includes a leadership role with PETRONAS Energy Canada, where he managed upstream partner engagements and strategic commercial interests in North America.

Huzaini began his career as a Calibration Powertrain Engineer with Sauber PETRONAS Engineering in Switzerland and the Foggy PETRONAS Racing World Superbike team in the UK, where he contributed to the commercial deployment of PETRONAS-developed technologies. Over the years, he has successfully transitioned from technical to strategic roles, building a reputation as a thoughtful and collaborative leader focused on delivering tangible business outcomes.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia, USA, and is a Sloan Fellow with an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management. He is also among the inaugural recipients of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Certificate. With a strong belief in long-term value creation and sustainability grounded in sound strategy and operational discipline, Huzaini continues to champion pragmatic approaches to accelerate the energy transition in Asia and beyond.