Arthur R. Tan

Mr. Arthur “Art” R. Tan is DigiPlus’ Independent Director. He previously served as an Advisor to the Chairman and CEO of AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc. He was also the former Vice Chairman and CEO of Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI) until April 2024. He led the company from a predominantly Philippine-based company to a global organization. Expanding IMI’s capabilities and global footprint was primal in his objectives for growth. Within a decade and a half, he led the expansion by means of acquisition in the US (Saturn Electronics), China (Speedy Tech) and Europe (EPIQ). By 2017, the company’s revenue breached the US$1 billion mark with a CAGR of 18% from 2002. At one point, the total number of employees for IMI alone reached about 15,000 covering 21 factories in 10 countries.

Mr. Tan was also appointed to become the CEO of AC Industrials, where other acquisitions and ventures that were related to technology, manufacturing and automotive were housed: AC Motors, KAMMI, C-CON, Merlin Solar, STI UK Ltd and Via Optronics.

He is also an Independent Board Member of Lyceum of the Philippines University, FEU Institute of Technology and SSI Group.

Prior to joining Ayala Corporation/Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. in 2001, Mr. Tan was the Northeast Area Sales Manager and Acting Design Center Manager of American Microsystems Inc. (Massachusetts, USA) and Managing Director for its Asia Pacific Region/Japan Headquarters.

Mr. Tan graduated with B.S. in Electronics Communications Engineering degree from Mapua Institute of Technology and attended post graduate programs at the University of Idaho, Singapore Institute of Management, IMD and Harvard Business School.