Alexander Karsner has decades of conventional and renewable energy experience including with some of the most successful clean tech startups of the last decade, and helps oversee major investments in cutting edge energy projects for Alphabet's X. Anders Runevad generated a 480% return for shareholders as the CEO of Vestas, which has more worldwide installed wind power than any other manufacturer, and is credited with turning the once heavily-indebted Vestas around. We cannot assess the total financial picture of a fully state-owned oil company, given the lack of disclosure and governance standards found in a publicly-traded company (while Petronas does have publicly-traded affiliates, they account for a small percentage of Petronas' earnings). However, the considerations in running such a company, while important to the country, are far different than those required to run a company for the primary benefit of public shareholders.