IR. CHAN KONG WAH
49, Malaysian
Managing Director
Gamuda Engineering Sdn Bhd

Ir. K W Chan is a professionally registered civil engineer with 27 years of experience. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (Honours) degree from the University of London King’s College, United Kingdom. He has had extensive experience in managing the complete implementation and construction of urban and interurban highways and water supply schemes in Malaysia, the UK and India. He is also in charge of tendering of projects and ensuring the overall management and planning of projects.

At present, Ir K W Chan is Senior General Manager (Project Management Division), Gamuda Berhad. He is also the Joint Managing Director for Gamuda Engineering Sdn Bhd. He is mainly responsible for the development of turnkey/BOT projects such as the Dukhan Highway in Qatar (US$206 million), the Kaohsiung Metropolitan Mass Rapid Transit System – Orange Line Package CO4 in Taiwan (US$210 million), the Panagarh-Palsit Highway and Durgapur Expressway in India (US$200 million) and the Damansara-Puchong Highway (US$460 million) and the Western KL Traffic Dispersal Scheme in Malaysia (US$200 million). He was also overseeing the construction of the Sungai Selangor Water Supply Scheme (US$550 million) consisting of a dam, two water treatment plants and a road. He was also responsible for the preliminary construction planning of the mega Electrified Double Track Railway Project in Malaysia (US$3.8 billion).

He is also the Regional Director for the Group’s projects in India.