Tat Tan - Malayan Banking Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato Dr. Tan Tat Wai Ph.D. was Independent NonExecutive Director of Malayan Banking Berhad since July 15 2009. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology a Masters degree from the University of Wisconsin and a Doctorate in Philosophy in Economics from Harvard University. He started his career with Bank Negara Malaysia in 1978 undertaking research in economic policies. Subsequently he assumed the role of a consultant to Bank Negara Malaysia World Bank and the United Nations University for several years. He served as the Secretary and a member on the Council of Malaysian Invisible Trade set up to formulate policies to reduce Malaysias deficit in service trade. He was a member of the Government appointed Malaysian Business Council the Corporationrationrate Malaysia Roundtable the Penang Industrial Council the Industrial Coordination Council and the National Committee on Business Competitiveness set up by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. He represented Malaysia as a member of the APEC Business Advisory Council and sat on the Council of Wawasan Open University. Within the Maybank Group he is a Director of Maybank Trustees Berhad. He was the Executive Director of Southern Steel Berhad since January 2014 prior to which he had been its Group Managing Director for about 20 years. He also sits on the boards of ShangriLa Hotels Bhd NSL Ltd a company listed on the Singapore Exchange and Starglow Investments Ltd as well as several other private limited companies. He is a Director and was the President of the notforprofit organisation Lam Wah Ee Hospital. He is with Risk Management Committee of the Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board and Employees Share Scheme Committee of the Board . since 2009.