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FURTHER INFORMATION ON
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MR SAMUEL N. TSIEN
Group Chief Executive Officer
Mr Samuel Tsien was first appointed
to the Board on 13 February 2014
and last re-elected as a Director on
28 April 2017. He was appointed Group
Chief Executive Officer on 15 April
2012. He joined OCBC Bank in July 2007
as Senior Executive Vice President,
managing the Group’s corporate and
commercial banking business. In 2008,
he assumed the position as Global
Head of Global Corporate Bank with
added responsibilities of overseeing the
financial institution and transaction
banking businesses. He has 40 years of
banking experience. Prior to joining OCBC
Bank, he was the President and Chief
Executive Officer of China Construction
Bank (Asia) when China Construction
Bank acquired Bank of America (Asia).
From 1995 to 2006, he was President
and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of
America (Asia), and Asia Consumer and
Commercial Banking Group Executive of
Bank of America Corporation. Mr Tsien
holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours
in Economics from the University of
California, Los Angeles. Age 63.
MR CHING WEI HONG
Chief Operating Officer
Mr Ching Wei Hong was appointed Chief
Operating Officer (COO) on 15 April 2012
and is also currently the Chairman of
Bank of Singapore and OCBC Securities as
well as Deputy Chairman of Lion Global
Investors. In his capacity as COO of OCBC
Bank, he is responsible for the Global
Wealth Management and Consumer
division, focusing on building the OCBC
Group’s consumer banking franchise and
wealth management business in its key
markets in Asia. Mr Ching also oversees
Group Customer Experience and OCBC
Bank’s fintech and innovation unit,
The Open Vault at OCBC. In his tenure
with OCBC Bank, he has held senior
management responsibilities across
various roles including Chief Financial
Officer, Head of Group Operations and
Technology and Head of Transaction
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Banking. Mr Ching has more than
30 years of experience in regional
finance, corporate banking and cash
management. Before joining OCBC, he
was Director of Corporate Finance, Philips
Electronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. He also
held senior regional assignments in Bank
of America and was Treasurer of Union
Carbide Asia Pacific. Mr Ching holds a
Bachelor of Business Administration
from the National University of
Singapore. Age 58.
MR DARREN TAN
Chief Financial Officer
Mr Darren Tan was appointed Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) in December 2011. As
CFO, he oversees financial, regulatory
and management accounting, treasury
financial control, corporate treasury,
funding and capital management,
corporate planning and development
and investor relations. He joined OCBC
Bank in March 2007 as Head of Asset
Liability Management in Global Treasury
and assumed the role of Deputy CFO in
May 2011. Prior to joining OCBC, Mr Tan
worked for 13 years in the Government
of Singapore Investment Corporation
(GIC) with his last position in GIC as
Head of Money Markets. He is a council
member of the Institute of Singapore
Chartered Accountants and an Adjunct
Professor at Nanyang Business School.
Mr Tan graduated with First Class
Honours in Accountancy from Nanyang
Technological University and is a
Chartered Financial Analyst and a Fellow
Chartered Accountant of Singapore.
Age 47.
MR LAM KUN KIN
Global Treasury and
Investment Banking
Mr Lam Kun Kin was appointed Head
of Global Treasury in January 2007 and
Senior Executive Vice President in
April 2011. He has global responsibility
for OCBC Bank’s financial market
businesses and asset liability
management in Singapore, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Hong Kong, China and
seven other overseas centres. Since
February 2012, he has had the additional
responsibility of overseeing the Bank’s
Global Investment Banking division
covering capital markets, corporate
finance and mezzanine capital business.
Mr Lam has more than 30 years of
banking and investment management
experience covering global fund
management, global markets sales &
trading, global investment banking
and Asian financial market businesses.
Currently, he serves on the boards of Bank
of Singapore, OCBC Securities, AVIC Trust
and REACH Community Services Society.
Mr Lam also serves on Great Eastern
Group’s Asset/Liability Committee
and Investment Committee and the
Government of Singapore Investment
Corporation’s (GIC) Board Risk Committee.
Prior to joining OCBC Bank, Mr Lam held
various senior management positions in
GIC, Citibank and Temasek Holdings. In
September 2014, he was appointed by
the Monetary Authority of Singapore as
Co-Chairman of the Singapore Foreign
Exchange Market Committee. He
holds a Bachelor of Accountancy with
Honours from the National University of
Singapore and is a Chartered Financial
Analyst, Fellow Chartered Accountant of
Singapore, IBF Distinguished Fellow and
member of the Singapore Institute of
Directors. Age 55.
MR VINCENT CHOO
Group Risk Management
Mr Vincent Choo was appointed
Head of Group Risk Management on
1 August 2014. As Chief Risk Officer,
he covers the full spectrum of risk,
including Credit, Technology and
Information Security, Liquidity, Market
and Operational risk management. He
reports jointly to both Group CEO and the
Board Risk Management Committee of
OCBC Bank. Mr Choo joined OCBC Bank
from Deutsche Bank AG where his last
appointment was Managing Director and
Chief Risk Officer for Asia Pacific. In his
20 years at Deutsche Bank AG, he served
in a number of senior roles including