Zulkifli Salim | Chief Renewable Energy Officer
SD Guthrie Berhad

Zulkifli Salim is currently the Chief Renewable Energy Officer at SD Guthrie Berhad (Guthrie), bringing over two decades of expertise in renewable energy, energy storage, engineering consultancy, and power infrastructure across the UK, Europe, Middle East, and Malaysia. Zulkifli graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from Imperial College London in 2003. He also holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Electrical Power Engineering from the University of Manchester and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Sheffield, England. Zul started his career with TNB Transmission, System Planning Department where he was responsible to conduct power flow studies to ensure Malaysia’s national grid, is running in an optimum and secure manner. Upon completion of his MSc in 2006, Zul landed a role with Ove Arup & Partners UK where he developed his engineering consultancy skills in the built environment, utilities and energy sector. He was involved in development of private wire networks as well as Combined Heat and Power (CHP) district heating schemes in the UK and Europe. He also played a Technical Advisory role in a number of utility scale renewable energy and energy storage projects, including the 1st Battery Storage project commissioned under UK National Grid’s Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) scheme. Zul then accepted a role with BuroHappold UK in 2019, to lead the energy consulting team in infrastructure masterplan for large scale developments in Middle East and Europe, developing strategies to allow the region to diversify away from fossil fuels, into renewables and zero carbon economy. He returned to Malaysia in December 2021 to join Petronas New Energy, which later became part of Gentari, before assuming his current leadership role at Guthrie. He is motivated to be part of the energy transition in Malaysia, building a better and cleaner world for our future generation.