HENGYUAN

3.720

+0.17 (+4.8%)

Change in Principal Officer

HENGYUAN REFINING COMPANY BERHAD

Date of change 01 Oct 2026
Name MR ERKKI TAPIO RANTA
Age 62
Gender Male
Nationality Finland
Type of change Appointment
Designation Chief Executive Officer

Qualifications

No
Qualifications
Major/Field of Study
Institute/University
Additional Information
Others
Key Managers Leadership Training, Neste Oil, IMD, Lausanne 2012
Nil
Others
LIFIM, Executive Training Program, Strategy and Leadership, Top Management Training Association of Finland, 2004
Nil
Others
JOKO, Executive Training Program (1/4 of executive Master of Business Administration) Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, 1997
Nil
Degree
Bachelor Degree in Process Technology, Tampere Institute of Technology, 1989
Nil
  
Working experience and occupation
1)  Mr. Ranta commenced his career with Air- Ix oy, Turku located in Finland as a Plant Design Engineer from February 1990 to December 1990.

2)  In 1991, Mr. Ranta joined Neste Oil Oyj, a downstream oil company in Finland, where he held a variety of posts as follows:

i)   January 1991 to October 1992, as Plant Engineer, Blending at Naantali Refinery; 

ii)   November 1992 to October 1993, as Plant Manager at Naantali Refinery;

iii)  November 1993 to December 1999, as Operations Manager (Supply Chain Management) at Naantali Refinery;

iv)  January 2000 to April 2009, as Production Manager at Naantali Refinery;

v)   April 2009 to December 2011, as Production Manager at Porvoo Refinery; and

vi)  January 2012 to April 2015 as HSEQ Director of Naantali, Porvoo, Singapore and Rotterdam refineries.

3)  Mr. Ranta served as the Refinery Director with Rijeka Refinery, INA, Croatia between May 2015 to April 2019.

4)  From May 2019 to October 2019, Mr. Ranta was the Chief Expert of Refining and Marketing with INA, Croatia.

5)  From November 2019 to February 2020, Mr. Ranta was the Senior Officer with Hengyuan International Sdn. Bhd,   Malaysia. 

6)  Mr. Ranta served as the Chief Executive Officer with Hengyuan Refining Company Berhad, Malaysia from March 2020 to July 2021.

7)  From August 2021 to November 2024, he served as the Managing Director of Bayernoil Raffineriegesellschaft mBH.

8)  Mr Ranta was an Independent Consultant (based in Croatia) from November 2024 to August 2026.
Directorships in public companies and listed issuers (if any)
Nil
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer
Nil
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer
Nil
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries
Nil


Remarks :
Mr. Ranta will assume the duties and responsibilities as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company with effect from 1st October 2026.


Announcement Info

Company Name HENGYUAN REFINING COMPANY BERHAD
Stock Name HENGYUAN
Date Announced 01 Oct 2026
Category Change in Principal Officer
Reference Number C04-30092026-00002