Tan Sri Krishnan Tan Boon Seng – Board of Directors

Tan Sri Tan Boon Seng @ Krishnan

Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee bin Wan Ariffin

Tan Sri Tan Boon Seng @ Krishnan

Non-Executive Director

Tan Sri Tan Boon Seng @ Krishnan (“Tan Sri Krishnan Tan”) is a Non-Executive Director of Malaysia Aviation Group Berhad, appointed on 14 January 2016. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Malaysia Airlines Berhad. Tan Sri Krishnan Tan association with the airline started with his appointment as an Independent Director of Malaysian Airline System Berhad in 2011. Tan Sri Krishnan Tan is the chair of Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Board Catering Strategy Committee and Board Operational Excellence and Reliability Committee. He was appointed as Chairman of MAB Kargo Sdn. Bhd. on 6 November 2023. He is also a member of Board Safety and Security Committee. He started his career in the commercial wing of the Selangor State, Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad as an Assistant Accountant in 1975, with his last position before he left in 1982 as its Group Financial Controller. He then worked on the merger of IGB Construction Sdn Bhd, Jurutama Sdn. Bhd. and Mudajaya Construction Sdn. Bhd. which led to the formation of the present IJM Corporation Berhad in 1983 with him as the Financial Controller. He became Director in 1990, Deputy Managing Director in 1994, Managing Director from 1997 till 2010, Executive Deputy Chairman from 2011 till 2013 and Deputy Non-Executive Chairman till 2019. Concurrently, between 2007 and 2015, he was Chairman of IJM Land Berhad, the listed Property arm of IJM. He is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of IJM Corporation Berhad and a Non-Executive Director of Malaysian Community and Education Foundation and Grupo Concesionario del Oeste SA, Argentina. He was appointed as an Independent Director of HSBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad in 2014 and subsequently as Non-Executive Independent Chairman from 2016 to April 2022. Tan Sri Krishnan Tan obtained his Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree from the University of Malaya in 1975 and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in 1978. He also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration.