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With over 8.4 million customers, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is the only electric utility company in Peninsular Malaysia and is also the largest publicly-listed power company in Southeast Asia with RM99.03bn worth of assets. Leading its legal function for the last eight years is senior general manager of legal services, Izhar bin Ismail, a contributor to the first edition of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Conditions of Subcontract for Construction 2011, for which his efforts received special acknowledgement. Nominators have praised Ismail’s leadership which has been a main contributor to the team’s success: ‘As the general counsel for Malaysia’s largest utility provider, Ismail oversees countless high value disputes and transactions both in Malaysia and all over the world. His undoubted skills as a lawyer and negotiator have been key to TNB’s many successes and continued profitability’. The team has been involved in various aspects of the core generation, transmission and distribution businesses of TNB as a utility company with primary interest in power.