Mr. Tan was appointed as Group Managing Director of the Silverlake Axis Group on 1 July 2019. He joined the Group in April 2018 where he led and grew the Group’s core banking business, prior to his current role.

Mr. Tan has a 38-year career history in the management consulting and IT industry. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Tan was the Managing Director of SAS Institute in Malaysia and Indonesia – a leader in transforming businesses using analytics.

A large part of Mr. Tan’s career was with the Big 4 Professional Services firms, in their advisory and consulting divisions. His career began with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) where he was an associate partner for the financial services industry sector. He played leading roles in bank advisory and transformational initiatives, particularly for banks in ASEAN.

Subsequently, he became the Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen Business advisory division in ASEAN, based in Singapore and was responsible for over 500 consultants. In 2002, he led the merger of the Arthur Andersen Singapore business advisory team with BearingPoint – formerly the consulting arm of KPMG U.S.

Mr. Tan spent 3 years in Central Asia based in Almaty Kazakhstan where he was a partner in charge for Deloitte Consulting covering Central Asia. Through his career history, Mr. Tan has served clients in various industries – predominantly in financial services and in industrial/retail, telecommunications, energy and the public sector.

Mr. Tan graduated from the University of Exeter, U.K. with a combined honours degree in Geology and Chemistry. He holds an MBA from the University of Aston in Birmingham.