Mohammed Rashdan Mohd Yusof has resigned as the deputy managing director of Gamuda Bhd to concentrate on his role as the chairperson of the Energy Commission (EC).

This comes following calls for him to step down from his newly appointed role due to a "conflict of interest".

In a filing to Bursa Malaysia, the energy company said that Rashdan was resigning "to focus his attention, energy, and effort in his newly appointed role...