Dato’ (Dr). Ts. Awang Daud Bin Awang Putera was appointed as Minetech’s Executive Chairman on 31 March 2020. He is also the Chairman for both Investment Committee and Executive Committee of Minetech.

Dato’ (Dr). Ts. Awang Daud has over 40 years of experience in the field of mechanical engineering. He began his career in 1980 with Ballast Nedam International (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd before moving on to Daelim Ltd where he was heavily involved in the construction of Malaysia’s first Liquefied Natural Gas Plant in Bintulu. In 1983, he joined Malaysia LNG Sdn Bhd and was involved in the task force team during the establishment of their products first shipment in the global market.

Dato’ (Dr). Ts. Awang Daud was also the co-founder of Serba Dinamik Sdn Bhd and was appointed as its Managing Director in 1993. In 2016, he was re-appointed as Deputy Managing Director of Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad and is currently the Non-Independent Non-Executive Director and sits on the Investment Committee.

Dato’ (Dr). Ts. Awang Daud was trained as a Mechanical Fitter and General Mechanic and moved up his career as millwright majoring in turbomachinery. He then acquired his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the East in the Philippines in 1994 and earned his Masters in Mechanical Engineering in 2007 from Universitas Pancasila, Indonesia.

In 2020, Dato’ (Dr). Ts. Awang Daud was conferred the title of Honorary Doctorate by Geomatika University College Kuala Lumpur. He was also appointed as the Honorary Consul for the Republic of Kazakhstan for Sarawak in the same year. In addition to these, Dato’ (Dr). Ts. Awang Daud was also appointed as a chartered fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Malaysia (”CILTM“) and is at present the honorary advisor for both CILTM’s International Business Forum and its Sarawak Chapter.