Mr. Tan has 34 years of banking and payments experience in the financial industry, of which 32 years was with BNM. He has worked in Banking Supervision, Treasury Risk Management, and Payments Policy, and had also served as the Chief Audit Executive. His last position with the Central Bank was Assistant Governor where he had oversight responsibility for BNM’s Finance (Financial Accounting and Reporting, Payments and Treasury Settlement) Department, Digital and Technology Department, Cyber Security, Payments Oversight Department and Payments Development.
Upon his retirement, he joined SWIFT, a leading global company that provides network and financial messaging services to financial institutions and market infrastructures across more than 200 countries.
Mr. Tan has also served as a non-executive board member and a member of the Board Audit and Risk Committee of Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) and Malaysian Electronic Clearing Corp Sdn Bhd (MyClear).