Ruslan is a member of the PETRONAS Executive Leadership Team, responsible for Group Human Resource Management. His career began in 1997, marked by a 12-year tenure at PETRONAS Trading Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (PETCO) and a two-year secondment at Mitsubishi Corporation’s International Trading Desk in Tokyo, Japan. Throughout his journey, he has undertaken various leadership positions, including Head of Risk Management at PETCO, Head, COO, and EVP Downstream Office, Executive Assistant to the President and Group CEO, Head of Corporate Strategy and Communications at ENGEN Petroleum Limited (ENGEN) in Cape Town, South Africa, and Asia Pacific Regional Business Head at PETRONAS Lubricants International Sdn. Bhd. (PLISB). Ruslan has served on the boards of various PETRONAS subsidiaries, spanning petrochemical manufacturing, trading, retail, and marketing domains. Currently, he holds board positions at the PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad (PDB) Malaysian Maritime Academy (ALAM), PETRONAS Management Training Sdn. Bhd. and chairs the board of PING23 Sdn. Bhd. Ruslan is an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. In April 2024, Ruslan assumed the position of Vice President Group Human Resource Officer. In these capacities, Ruslan is actively transforming PETRONAS' strategy for talent and leadership development by harnessing the power of AI-driven talent data and analytics, while merging insights from behavioral science and psychology. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computing from Imperial College London, a Master of Economics from Universiti Malaya and an Executive Master in Future Energy from ESCP Business School, France as a recipient of its Sustainability Pioneer Scholarship. He has attended the Advance Management Program at Harvard Business School.