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Dr. Ravindra Verma
Chairman & Founder
Over 30 years of global transport infrastructure development, finance & management experience in USA & Asia
Key Achievements
- Dr. Verma has actively contributed over the past three decades towards the planning, development, financing, management, engineering, and construction of several infrastructure programs
- Among the most notable are the major transportation infrastructure projects in California, USA, and the infrastructure privatization initiatives he has facilitated and participated in India & Southeast Asia
- Over the past two decades, Dr. Verma has actively participated in raising, development and management of over USD 4 billion capital for transport programs including CMMTC manila and SVBTC India
- In 2007, SVBTC was bestowed an award for innovative design and construction in the international bridge category by the American Segmental Bridge Institute, ASBI
- Recipient of Pre-stressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Award 1998 for the San Mateo toll bridge retrofit project – Industry Achievement Award & Best Retrofitted bridge award
- He has authored over 20 articles on seismic design of new and existing reinforced concrete bridges in journals, reports, technical workshops
Experience in other transportation infrastructure
- Program Management role for the Delhi Metro project
- Program Management role for the IGI Delhi Airport
- Program Management Director for development & implementation of the Greenfield 10,000-ha $2+ billion Mumbai Integrated Special Economic Zone
- Co-Project Director for a Techno-economic feasibility study cum BOT proposal for the $1 billion Navi Mumbai Airport, India
- Co-Project Director for a Techno-economic feasibility study cum BOT proposal for Gujarat Pipavav Port , India
Experience in tollway Infrastructure
- USA’s First fully automated and privatized tollway- Worked on design, engineering, construction inspection and on-site engineering for the $125 mn four-lane 10-mile (16-kms ) long privately financed SR 91 Tollway, Los Angeles, California
- Worked on USD 650-million 16-km State Route 125 tollway in San Diego,CA, at the USA-Mexico border
- Served as the technical director from 1995 through 1998 for preparation of bridge seismic analysis and retrofit design, plans, specifications for 3-km long San Mateo toll bridge, CA
- Director of 6-kms Second Vivekananda Bridge Tollway (SVBTC) , Kolkata, West Bengal, India – India’s largest BOT bridge. Managed toll operations for 15 years.
- Served as Team Leader of Metro Manila Skyway & Tollway - Civil works & systems Integration for the turnkey toll collection and traffic management group of Syntonic (later acquired by TransCore)
- Project Director for a 6-8 lane 61¬-kms long Circumferential Toll Road - C-6 (largest integrated BOT toll road) in Philippines, and other tollway bids in Indonesia with PT Jasa Marga
Qualifications:
- Ph.D. Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego; California, USA
- M.S. Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego; California, USA
- B.Tech. Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India
Tan Sri Dato' Krishnan Tan
Senior Director
Qualification
- Bachelor of Economics (Honors) degree from University of Malaya
- Certified Public Accountant
- Master's degree in Business Administration from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, USA
Key Achievements
- Has spent the past three decades with IJM
- For his contribution to the industry, he received the Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia’s ‘Prominent Player of the Year Award’ in 2008
- Actively involved in the promotion of Malaysia India business ties and is currently the President of the Malaysia-India Business Council (MIBC) and Chairman of the Malaysia India CEO Forum
- Serves as a Member of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board as well as the Financial Reporting Foundation
- Also serves as a Trustee of Perdana Leadership Foundation
- Member of the Board of Governors of Malaysia Property Incorporated (MPI)
- Holds directorships in several other public companies
- IJM Plantations Berhad
- IJM Land Berhad (Chairman)
- Malaysian Airline System Berhad
- Malaysian Community & Education Foundation
- Grupo Concesionario del Oeste S.A., Argentina
- Member of the Board of Governors of Malaysia Property Incorporated (MPI)
Experience in Infrastructure Development and Operation
- Joined IJM Corporation Berhad ("IJM") as Financial Controller in 1983 and then the Board as an Alternate Director on 12 June 1984, Director on 10 April 1990 and Deputy Managing Director on 1 November 1993
- Appointed group Managing Director on 1 January 1997
- Re-designated Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director ("CEO&MD") on 26 February 2004, and stepped down as the CEO&MD on 31 December 2010
- Prior to IJM, he was with Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad for seven years, his last position was Group Financial Controller
- Played a pioneering role in IJM’s expansion in tollway sector in Malaysia and the international market, namely china , india & Latin America
- Has been extensively involved in the negotiations and development of the IJM Group’s infrastructure business
- Led IJM’s successful acquisition of the Roadbuilder Group in Malaysia (2 Malaysian urban tollways and 2 ports)
- Recently involved in the successful conclusion of the concession agreement of the 220 km West Coast Expressway
Mr. Michael I. Schneider
Senior Director
Qualification
- M.A., Urban/Regional Planning, UCLA School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 1972
- B.S., Civil Engineering, UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1970
Key Achievements
- Recipient, Career Achievement Award: Innovation in Project Delivery, 2008 - American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
- Recipient , Transportation Entrepreneur of the Year, 2003- American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
- He currently chairs the National Committee on Public-Private Partnerships of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).
- Has authored over 75 papers and juried publications in the fields of infrastructure finance, project delivery, program management and business development
- Has professional affiliations with American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), Transportation Research Board (TRB) and International Union for Urban Transport (UITP)
- Has held numerous organizational management and leadership roles, from management of project teams of 20 people, to leadership of a global corporation with over 10,000 people engaged in infrastructure planning and engineering services for the public and private sectors
- Known and respected authority figure in the urban transit, intercity rail programs, highways and toll roads space
Experience in Highway Development and Operation
- Brings over 40 years of highly successful global transportation infrastructure experience, with a strong emphasis on Public-Private Partnerships, including working with a wide array of institutional investors and private investors in tollway development and investments
- Senior Shareholder and Member of the Board at the Parsons Brinckerhoff Group (1975-2006)
- Founder and Managing Partner of InfraConsult LLC, a program management and strategic advisory firm with primary focus in the transport sector
- Has worked on the developed of several Toll roads in USA, Mexico, UK, EU, Turkey ,Israel and Asia Pacific
- Founding Chairman of the SR 125 California Transportation Ventures (CTV) - a $400 mn tollway project JV entity between PBIDC Inc. of USA and Egis Group of France for the implementation of the first privately financed Greenfield tollway in California
- Orange County Toll Roads, California, USA (Principal-in-charge & Chairman)
- Mississippi River Bridge Toll Crossing, St. Louis, Missouri (Project Director)
- Cuernavaca-Acapulco Toll Road, Mexico (project director)
- Guadalajara-Tepic Toll Road, Mexico (program director)
- Metro Manila Skyway & Tollway and North Luzon Tollway, Philippines
- SVBTC, India (nominee director)