Dato’ Kamal Y P Tan is the Non-Executive Director and Adviser of the Company and was appointed to the Board on 23 December 2003. He was appointed as the Executive Director of the Company upon its listing on 23 December 2004 and subsequently became the Group Chief Executive Officer on 20 January 2009. He has been re-designated as Non-Executive Director and Adviser on 1 April 2019 following his decision for semi-retirement. On 1 April 2020, Dato’ Kamal was re-designated as Acting Group Chief Executive Officer to relieve the then Group CEO who had taken leave of absence for 6 months to 30 September 2020. Dato’ Kamal assumed the position of Group CEO from 1 October 2020 to 3 November 2020 before he took the current position as Non-Executive Director and Adviser on 3 November 2020.
Dato’ Kamal is an Economics graduate from the London School of Economics and has held board positions with companies listed on the stock exchanges in Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom, and India.
Currently, Dato’ Kamal is also the Non-Executive Director of another company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, namely Lasseters International Holdings Limited. He is a Board member of Park Hyatt Saigon, a 259-room 5-star hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Dato’ Kamal was re-elected as Director at the AGM held in January 2020. Dato’ Kamal is the brother of Dato’ Jaya J B Tan.