IGB Reit has informed that non executive director, Dato Seri Robert Tan Chung Meng has been redesignated to non executive Chairman effective 1 January 2024.
This comes after current chairman Tan Sri Dato Dr Lin See Yan 84 announced his retirement from IGB Reit and IGB Commercial Reit effective 31 December 2023.
Dato Seri Robert Tan Chung Meng was appointed to the Board of the Company on 8 December 2014. He has vast experience in property development, hotel construction, retail design and development as well as corporate management with more than 30 years experience in the property and hotel industries. After studying Business Administration in the United Kingdom, he was attached to a Chartered Surveyor’s firm for a year. He had developed a housing project in Central London before returning to Malaysia.
His stint in the property industry began with IGB Corporation Berhad in 1995 when he was the Joint Managing Director and subsequently appointed Group Managing Director in 2001.
He has been involved in various development projects carried out by IGB Corporation Berhad, in particular Mid Valley City. From inception to the realisation of Mid Valley Megamall and The Gardens Mall, he was actively involved in every stage of their developments. He is instrumental to the development and success of Mid Valley Megamall and The Gardens Mall and more importantly, in retaining their positions as prime shopping hotspots in the Klang Valley.
