Mr. Philip Tan Puay Koon is a training consultant. He was formerly a Managing Director in Citigroup where he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Emerging Market (EM) Sales & Trading, Asia Pacific of Citibank NA from 2004 to 2006 and as Director of Risk Treasury, Asia Pacific from 2001 to 2004. Prior to his posting to the Regional Office in Singapore in 2001, he was the Financial Markets Head and Country Treasurer of Citibank Berhad and a Director of Citibank Malaysia (L) Limited.

Philip has close to three decades of experience in the field of banking and finance, principally in the areas of Treasury and Risk Management. He was a member of the Asset-Liability Committee (ALCO) of Citibank Berhad. He had served the Persatuan Pasaran Kewangan Malaysia (PPKM) as a Committee Member and was a pioneer member of its technical committee. He also served as a member of the Capital Markets Committee of the Association of Banks in Malaysia. From 1998 -2000, he was closely associated with the development and implementation of the New Liquidity Framework (NLF) and the Real Time Gross Settlement System (RENTAS) in Malaysia.

Presently, Philip serves as an Independent Director of Citibank Berhad, SP Setia Berhad and Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet). He has also been appointed by Bank Negara Malaysia as a member of the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) since 2009. Philip helped establish Danajamin Nasional Berhad as a pioneer Independent Director in 2009 and retired from the board after 9 years in 2018. He has also previously served as an Independent Director of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank and Cagamas Berhad (The National Mortgage Company).