- Mr Gian Carlo Maccagno was first appointed as an Executive Director of WB on 1 June 2004 and subsequently promoted to be the Deputy Managing Director on 1 January 2007. Mr Maccagno succeeded the role as Managing Director/Group Chief Executive Officer of WB following the retirement of Mr Chan Cheu Leong from the position with effect from 1 July 2023. He is responsible for the overall business and management operations of the WB Group.
- Mr Maccagno attained his Bachelor in Business Administration from Tecnico Commerciale Maddalena Adria (RO) Italy in 1982, after which he worked with Socotherm S.R.L, Italy from 1984 to 1987 as a Trainee in Production and Project Management. He was appointed as Project Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in Nigeria from 1987 to 1990 and was briefly seconded to Petro-Pipe Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd. (“PPI”) in 1990 to assist in the setting up of PPI’s coating plant in Kuantan, Malaysia. After serving as Country Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in Taiwan from 1991 to 1992, he returned to Malaysia in 1993 to be the General Manager of Wasco Coatings Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. in Kuantan, Malaysia. He has vast experience in the global pipe coating business and the Oil and Gas business in general.
- Mr Maccagno is a Director of Petra Energy Berhad. He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.
- Membership of Board Committees:
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