Key Senior Management

Dato’ Lee was re-designated as the Group Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) & Managing Director (“MD”) of IJM Corporation Berhad (“IJM”) on 1 June 2024. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) & Managing Director (“MD”) of IJM from 1 April 2023 to 31 May 2024.

Prior to his appointment as the CEO & MD, he was the Deputy CEO & Deputy MD (6 April 2015 – 31 March 2023), Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Head of Information Systems Department for IJM Group.

He started his career with a public accounting firm. In October 1995, he joined Road Builder (M) Holdings Bhd (“RBH Group”) and was the Head of Corporate Services Division of RBH Group prior to the acquisition of RBH Group by the Company in 2007. He has extensive experience in corporate finance, privatisation projects and financial management.

Dato’ Edward Chong was re-designated as the Group Chief Financial Officer of IJM Corporation Berhad (“IJM”) on 1 June 2024 from his previous position as the Chief Financial Officer of IJM (7 August 2020 – 31 May 2024).

Prior to joining IJM Group, Dato’ Edward Chong was attached to the corporate finance department of an investment bank and prior to that, a public accounting firm.

His past appointments in IJM Group were as follows:-

• Assistant General Manager of Corporate Affairs, RB Land Holdings Berhad (“RBL”) [now known as IJM Land Berhad (“IJML”)] (2000)
• General Manager of Corporate Affairs, RBL (2001 – 2007)
• General Manager of Finance, IJML (2007 – 2012)
• Chief Financial Officer, IJML (2012)
• Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, IJML (2012 – 2015)
• Managing Director, IJML (2015 – 2022)

Mr Wong was appointed Managing Director of IJM Construction Sdn Bhd (“IJMC”) on 24 August 2021 and subsequently re-designated as the Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2023.

Prior to joining IJMC in 2001, he was with BHP Engineering (M) Sdn. Bhd, Mudajaya Corporation Berhad and Tonkin & Taylor Konsult (M) Sdn Bhd from 1996 to 2001.

He pursued his career with Sunrise Berhad and Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd before he rejoined IJMC in 2011 as Senior Project Manager.

His past appointments and/or working experience were as follows:-

• Design Engineer (2001 – 2003)
• Senior Planning Engineer (2004 – 2005)
• Project Manager (2005 – 2008)
• Senior Project Manager (2011 – 2014)
• Project Director (2015 – 2018)
• Chief Operating Officer (2019 – 2021)

Datuk Ling was appointed Chief Executive Officer of IJM Land Berhad (“IJML”) on 1 November 2024 to oversee the operations of the Property Division. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer of IJML since 13 March 2023.

Datuk Ling started his career in civil engineering projects with Nishimatsu-Corpo Construction Sdn Bhd in 1998. His role was as a Site Engineer for the construction of PNB Darby Park, Kuala Lumpur. He was involved in several other construction projects before he transited into property development with Ken Holdings initially as Resident Engineer in 2001 and was promoted to Development Manager in 2003. He joined S P Setia Berhad (“S P Setia”) in 2007 as a Project Manager and his career progressed significantly with S P Setia over the last 15 years. His last position at S P Setia was Executive Vice President.

Mr Lau was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Director of Industrial Concrete Products Sdn Bhd (“ICP”) on 12 December 2022 to oversee the operations of the Industry Division. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer of ICP since 1 January 2022. He was also the Alternate Director to Mr Tan Boon Leng from 16 February 2022 to 11 December 2022.

His past appointments and/or working experience were as follows:-

• Facilities Engineer, Hitachi Semicon (1991 – 1993)
• Engineer, Anadrill Schlumberger (1993 – 1996)
• Factory Manager, Focal Products (1996 – 2002)
• Project Manager, LS Con. Eng. (2002 – 2006)
• Factory Manager, ICP (2006 – 2011)
• Senior Factory Manager, ICP Jiangmen Co. Ltd (2011 – 2017)
• Country Head, IJM Concrete Products Private Limited (2017 – 2021)

Ts. Hajah Wan Salwani was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Toll Division on 1 April 2022 to oversee the tollway operations in Malaysia.

Her past appointments and/or working experience were as follows:-

• Application Engineer, Enserv Sdn Bhd (1990 – 1996)
• Project Engineer, Besraya (M) Sdn Bhd (“BES”) (1996 – 1999)
• Maintenance Engineer (M&E), BES (1999 – 2001)
• Assistant Manager, New Pantai Expressway Sdn Bhd (“NPE”) (2001 – 2002)
• Manager, NPE (2003 – 2007)
• Senior Manager, NPE (2008 – 2009)
• General Manager, Toll Division (2009 – 2013)
• Chief Operating Officer, Toll Division (2013 – 2022)

She was responsible for toll operations, mechanical & electrical matters, concession monitoring, land acquisition and corporate communication before being promoted to General Manager of Toll Division in 2009.

Mr Viswanathan was appointed the Country Head for IJM India on 16 June 2023. He joined IJM India in February 2020 as the Head of Business Development – Liaison & Corporate Strategy. During the tenure of his employment, he played a pivotal role in overseeing the successful Bijapur-Solapur build-operate-transfer highway project.

He has diverse experience across various industries and geographical locations, including Jamaica, Hong Kong, Mauritius and India.

Mr Chan was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd (“KPC”) on 1 April 2025 to oversee the operations of KPC.

His past appointments and/or working experience were as follows:-

• Senior Manager, BDO Binder Malaysia (1999 – 2008)
• Senior Internal Audit Manager, DKSH Singapore Pte Ltd (2008 – 2014)
• Head of Internal Audit, DKSH Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad (2012 – 2013)
• Director – Internal Audit SEA, Shaklee Corporation (2014 – 2015)
• Head of Internal Audit, Heineken Malaysia Berhad (2016 – 2017)
• General Manager, Internal Audit / Chief Audit Executive, IJM Corporation Berhad (2017 – 2021)
• General Manager, Finance, Administration and Human Resource of KPC (2021 – 2024)
• Chief Financial Officer of KPC (2024 – 2025)