Dato’ Hamzah bin Hussin is the Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia. After assuming office in 2021, Dato’ Hamzah led SEDA in assisting the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources drive the sustainable energy agenda and deliver the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) commitment. His efforts focused on promoting renewable energy (RE) generation via Feed-In Tariff (FIT) mechanism, ensuring RE became a viable and promising investment for companies and industries, and releasing more quotas for FIT projects in 2021 and 2022.
Taking the sustainable energy agenda further, Dato’ Hamzah leads SEDA’s team in implementing several initiatives, including the Sustainability Achieved via Energy Efficiency (SAVE) 3.0, NEM 3.0, and the Malaysia Renewable Energy Roadmap (MyRER). Each of the initiatives were part of the Government’s effort to achieve the national target of 31 percent installed RE capacity by 2025 and 40 percent by 2035 while contributing towards climate action.
He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Analytical Economics) from University of Malaya, with an in-depth portfolio and vast experience in the field of management, administration, strategic planning, and government policies.
Sarawak Energy Berhad is an energy development company and a vertically integrated power utility with a vision to achieve sustainable growth and prosperity for Sarawak by meeting the region’s need for reliable and renewable energy.
Built on a strong foundation of 100 years as an effective utility company, Sarawak Energy is taking bold steps to support the transformation of Sarawak in its vision to become a developed state by the year 2030.