Philip Tan Puay Koon

Dato’ Philip Tan Puay Koon is a Professional Board Director and Treasury Training Consultant with close to four decades of experience in Banking and Finance and more than 15 years of experience in Board Governance and Oversight.

Dato’ Tan has served in various regional and local leadership roles as a Managing Director in Citigroup. He was a mid-career hire at Citibank Berhad, Malaysia where he served as Financial Markets Head and Country Treasurer of Citibank Berhad as well as Director of Citibank (L) Limited. In 2001, Dato’ Tan joined the Citigroup Regional Office in Singapore as Director of Asia-Pacific Risk Treasury before being appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Asia-Pacific Emerging Market (EM) Sales & Trading Business Group of Citibank NA in 2004. 

Dato’ Tan currently serves as an Independent Director of Citibank Berhad and AIG Malaysia Insurance Berhad. He is also the Senior Independent Director of public listed SP Setia Berhad and is a Director of China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park (GuangXi) Development Co. Ltd., a One Belt One Road project in Southern China. Dato’ Tan is the current Chairman of the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) established by Bank Negara Malaysia and is also an External Member of the Financial Market Infrastructure Committee of Bank Negara Malaysia.

Prior to 1995, Dato’ Tan spent 14 years with the MUI Group of companies in Malaysia where he served in various senior management capacities in MUI Bank and MUI Finance. He also previously served as an Independent Director in MIDF Amanah Investment Bank, Cagamas Berhad, Danajamin Nasional Berhad, Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) as well as a Non-Public Interest Director in Private Pension Administrator (PPA) Malaysia.

He is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer of the Iclif Executive Education Centre under the Asia School of Business (ASB) and teaches the FIDE Core Program as well as other elective programs.