Pandai joined PETRONAS in 1994 and throughout his stellar career, he has been mostly in project management field with vast experience in engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and contract management of LNG, petrochemical, utilities and infrastructure projects dealing with multi-national consultants and contractors at various international locations. He is experienced in managing EPCC, EPCIC, EPCM, PMC, Alliance contract at various levels of management, and leading a team of various multinationals. During the years of experience managing projects, he has served at various international locations, namely Holland, UK, Japan, US, Egypt, Germany and Australia. Currently, he is on a secondment assignment to Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad serving as its Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer since 2020.

Pandai obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1994 from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, England. He had also attended INSEAD’s Senior Management Development Program in 2005 and the Advanced Management Program from Wharton in 2009.