Independent Non-Executive Chairman Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato' Ir. (Dr) Wan Abdul Rahman Bin Wan Yaacob PSM, SPMT, DPMT, JSM, AMN, D.Eng.(h.c.) B'ham, FASc, FIEM, FICE, FIHT, FCIOB, P.Eng., C.Eng. Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Wan Abdul Rahman, born in June 1941, joined the Board on 1 July 1996.  He was appointed the Chairman of IJM on 28 February 2003. He obtained a Diploma in Civil Engineering from the Technical College, Kuala Lumpur in 1963, Diploma in Civil & Structural from Brighton College of Technology, United Kingdom in 1965, and attended the Advanced Management Programme of Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 1993. He was conferred a Honorary Doctor of Engineering by University of Birmingham, United Kingdom in 1994.  He was with the Ministry of Works for 32 years, having served the last six (6) years as the Director General of the Public Works Department before his retirement in 1996.  He is presently the Chairman of the Malaysian Standard & Accreditation Council and The Road Engineering Association of Malaysia (REAM).  He is a Council member of The Road Engineering Association of Asia & Australia (REAAA) and an Ex-Officio member of the Institution of Highways and Transportation (Malaysia Branch).  He is at present the Vice-President of the Kuala Lumpur Lawn Tennis Association and Malay Cricket Association.  His directorships in other public companies include Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings Berhad (Chairman), Lysaght Galvanized Steel Berhad (Chairman), Bank of America Malaysia Berhad, Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad, NCB Holdings Berhad, Saujana Consolidated Berhad, Malaysia Mining Corporation Berhad, Northport (Malaysia) Berhad (Chairman) and Yayasan Proton.