Board of Directors & Secretary

Tan Sri Dato' Tan Boon Seng @ Krishnan

PSM, DSPN, SMS

Non-Executive Chairman

 

Nationality

Malaysian

 

Age / Gender

70 / Male

 

Academic / Professional Qualification

  • Bachelor of Economics (Honours), University of Malaya 

  • Master of Business Administration, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, USA

  • Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA)

  • Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)

 

Board Committee Membership(s)

  • Nil

 

Date Appointed / Working Experience

Tan Sri Krishnan was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of IJM Corporation Berhad (“IJM”) on 29 August 2019.

 

He held the following positions in IJM prior to his appointment as Non-Executive Chairman:-

  • Financial Controller (1983 - 1984)

  • Alternate Director (12 June 1984 – 10 April 1990)

  • Director (10 April 1990 – 1 November 1993)

  • Deputy Managing Director (1 November 1993 – 1 January 1997)

  • Group Managing Director (1 January 1997 - 26 February 2004)

  • Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director (26 February 2004 – 31 December 2010)

  • Executive Deputy Chairman (1 January 2011 – 31 December 2013)

  • Deputy Non-Executive Chairman (1 January 2014 – 28 August 2019)

His past appointments and/or working experience were as follows:-

  • Group Financial Controller (last position), Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad (1976 - 1983)

  • Director, Industrial Concrete Products Sdn Bhd (1984 – 2014)

  • Chairman, IJM Land Berhad (2007 - 2015)

  • Director, IJM Plantations Berhad (1993 – 2021)

  • President, Malaysia India Business Council (“MIBC”) (2008 - 2015)

  • Co-Chairman, Malaysia India CEO Forum (2011 – 2019)

  • Independent Director (2014 - 2017) and Chairman (2017 - 2022), HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

 

Present Directorship(s)

Listed Companies:

  • Grupo Concesionario del Oeste S.A., Argentina

Other Public Companies:

  • Malaysia Aviation Group Berhad

  • Malaysia Airlines Berhad

  • Malaysian Community & Education Foundation

 

Other Current Position(s) Held

  • Founder President, MIBC

  • Management Committee Member, Olympic Council Trust

  • President, Klang High School Old Boys Association

 

No.

Date

Topic

Organizer

1

21 Apr 2022

Sustainable Investing ESG at the Forefront

Permodalan Nasional Berhad

2

10 May 2022

Group’s Climate Transition Risk Discussion

Ernst & Young

3

7 Sep 2022

Carbon Footprint Assessment Report

Riverstone Environmental

4

4 Oct 2022

Annual Training on Section 17A of the MACC Act 2009

Lee Min On

5

2 Nov 2022

An Awareness Session “Transforming Your Business with Data”

NEXEA

6

30 Nov 2022

CG Advocacy Programme - Bursa Malaysia Immersive Experience: The Board “Agender”

Bursa Malaysia/LeadWomen

7

27 Mar 2023

Climate Transition Risk & Opportunities

Ernst & Young

8

29 Mar 2023

Carbon Reduction Strategy and Physical Climate Risk & Opportunities

Riverstone Consultant

No.

Date

Topic

Organizer

1

15 Jun 2021

Online Sharing Session “Transformational Performance Management” by Korn Ferry

IJM Corporation Berhad

2

23 & 24 Jun 2021

BNM-SC Malaysia “The JC3 Flagship Conference: # Finance For Change”

Bank Negara Malaysia-SC Malaysia

3

13 Jul 2021

NED Summit

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

4

9 Aug 2021

Compromise Assessment (CA) Review

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

5

17 Sep 2021

Climate Risk Training

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

6

13 Oct 2021

Governance Over the Use of Data Analytics

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

7

5 Nov 2021

Managing Cyber Risk

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

8

18 Nov 2021

IJM Budget Talk 2022 by PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Advisory Sdn Bhd

IJM Corporation Berhad

9

16 Dec 2021

Trimester 1 - 2021 Trimester 2 - 2021 Trimester 3 - 2021

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

No.

Date

Topic

Organizer

1.

30 Apr 2020

Model Risk

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

2.

10 Jun 2020

Cybersecurity and Cloud Training

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

3. 23 Sep 2020 Articulate, Activate & Embed: Towards a successful cultural transformation by Boston Consulting Group Malaysia Airlines Berhad

4.

2 Nov 2020

Online Fraud Risk Management Workshop

Bursa Malaysia / PWC Malaysia

5.

10 Nov 2020

Corporate Lending Fraud Awareness

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

6.

20 Nov 2020

Malaysia’s Budget 2021 Webinar "Paving the way towards a resilient future" By PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Advisory Sdn Bhd

IJM Corporation Berhad

7.

18 Jan 2021

Board Effectiveness Project

FIDE Forum

8.

28 Jan 2021

Trimester 1 * Health, Safety and Wellbeing * Risk Management * Cyber Security and Data Privacy

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

9.

9 Mar 2021

Board Strategic Offsite 2021

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

10.

23 Mar 2021

Trimester 2 – Fighting Financial Crime * AB & C * AML and Sanctions * Fraud * Tax Transparency

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad

No.

Date

Topic

Organizer

1

28-29 Sep 2022

Site Visit to Kuantan Port, MCKIP Gallery and Alliance Steel

IJM Port Division

2

2 Dec 2022

IJM Scholarship & Long Service Award 2022 Presentation Ceremony

IJM Corporation Berhad

3

13-16 Mar 2023

IJM BOD Strategic Visioning Session

IJM Corporation Berhad

No.

Date

Topic

Organizer

1

30 Sep 2021

IJM Sustainability Week - Invitation to Board Presentation of the draft Group Sustainability Roadmap

IJM Corporation Berhad

2

9 Mar 2022

Board of Directors’ Site Visit IBS Factory

Industrial Concrete Products

3

17 to 19 Mar 2022

IJM Corporation Board Strategic Visioning Session

IJM Corporation Berhad

No.

Date

Topic

Organizer

1.

22 Jan 2021

IJM Corporation Board Session on Strategy Updates

IJM Corporation Berhad

2.

3 Mar 2021

IJM's Existing Performance Management and Total Remuneration Framework

IJM Corporation Berhad