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Head of Market Risk Management for
Asia Pacific, with additional responsibilities
for Traded Credit Products, and Head
of New Product Approval for Asia. He
holds a Master of Arts in Economics from
University of Akron. Age 55.
MR LINUS GOH
Global Commercial Banking
Mr Linus Goh was appointed the
Head of Global Commercial Banking
in April 2012. In this capacity, he has
global responsibility for OCBC Bank’s
commercial, institutional and transaction
banking businesses. He joined OCBC Bank
in April 2004 as Executive Vice President
and Head of International, and in August
2008, he assumed responsibility for
Global Enterprise Banking and Financial
Institutions. Mr Goh has over 30 years of
banking experience, including 17 years at
Citibank, N.A. Singapore, where he held
several senior management positions
overseeing corporate banking, financial
institutions, e-business and transaction
banking. Mr Goh serves as a board
member of the Singapore Totalisator
Board and of the Growth Enterprise
Fund and SPRING SEEDS Capital under
SPRING Singapore. He is a member of the
Pro-Enterprise Panel under the Ministry
of Trade and Industry and the SME
Committee under the Singapore Business
Federation where he chairs the sub-
committee on SME Financing. Mr Goh
holds a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) with
Honours from the National University
of Singapore and is an IBF Distinguished
Fellow. Age 55.
Group. Ms Lam holds a Bachelor of
Accountancy (Honours) from the
Nanyang Technological University and
is an IBF Fellow (Corporate Banking).
Age 46.
MR NA WU BENG
CEO, OCBC Wing Hang Bank
Mr Na Wu Beng was appointed Chief
Executive Officer of OCBC Wing Hang
Bank in August 2014. Prior to this
appointment, he was Deputy President
Director of Bank OCBC NISP for 10 years
and was instrumental in driving the
corporate banking business and
spearheading the collaborative efforts
between OCBC Bank and Bank OCBC
NISP across different business functions.
Mr Na joined OCBC Bank in 1990 as
the General Manager of OCBC Bank’s
Hong Kong branches. He returned to
Singapore in 1999 to take on the role of
Head of North Asia overseeing the bank’s
operations in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan,
Korea and Japan. From 2000 to 2004,
before his posting to Bank OCBC NISP,
he headed OCBC Bank’s international
banking division and was responsible for
branches across eight countries. Mr Na
was appointed Executive Vice President in
2001. Before joining OCBC Bank, he was
at International Bank of Singapore for 11
years, where he was based in Taiwan for
seven years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts
(Economics) with Honours from Coventry
University in the United Kingdom. Age 62.
MS KNG HWEE TIN
CEO, OCBC Wing Hang Bank (China)
MS ELAINE LAM
Global Corporate Banking
Ms Elaine Lam was appointed Head of
Global Corporate Banking in April 2016.
She is responsible for OCBC Bank’s
corporate banking business which
spans Real Estate, Wholesale Corporate
Marketing, Global Commodities Finance
as well as the Bank’s corporate banking
business in all overseas offices. With
more than 20 years of experience in
corporate banking, Ms Lam also serves
in the Institute of Banking and Finance’s
Corporate Banking Workgroup and
the Financial Industry Competency
Standards’ Corporate Banking Working
Ms Kng Hwee Tin was appointed
Executive Director and Chief Executive
Officer of OCBC Bank (China) Limited in
December 2012 and was responsible for
the bank’s growth strategy in China. The
bank was rebranded OCBC Wing Hang
Bank (China) Limited in July 2016. Ms
Kng has more than 20 years of banking
experience spanning a wide spectrum
of activities. Prior to this appointment,
she was OCBC Bank’s Head of Group
Audit overseeing the full spectrum of
audit activities for the Bank and its
subsidiaries. During her tenure with OCBC
Bank, she also held responsibilities in risk
management and implemented several
key initiatives to further strengthen
board governance. She was also
instrumental in driving and establishing
the Bank’s thrust into serving the
wealth needs of the affluent with the
OCBC Premier Banking proposition.
Ms Kng holds a Master of Business
Administration from the National
University of Singapore, where she was
awarded the Saw Gold Medal in Finance.
She recently completed her Advanced
Management Program with Harvard
Business School. Age 52.
MR BAHREN SHAARI
CEO, Bank of Singapore
Mr Bahren Shaari was appointed Chief
Executive Officer of Bank of Singapore
in February 2015. He has more than
30 years of private banking experience.
Mr Shaari joined ING Asia Private Bank
in 2009 and was a member of the
management team that continued to
lead after it was acquired by OCBC Bank
in 2010 and renamed Bank of Singapore,
where he was Global Head of Southeast
Asia for five years. Prior to that, he was
Managing Director of UBS AG Wealth
Management. Mr Shaari is active in public
service and has been a non-executive
and independent director of Singapore
Press Holdings Limited since April 2012.
Mr Shaari currently serves as Chairman of
its Nominating Committee and Member
of its Executive Committee. Mr Shaari had
previously served as a Board Member of
the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore
from 2000 to 2012. Mr Shaari was sworn
in as an alternate member to the Council
of Presidential Advisers in April 2017.
Mr Shaari is an IBF Distinguished Fellow
and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy
degree from the National University of
Singapore. Age 55.
MR TAN WING MING
Regional General Manager for
North East Asia
Mr Tan Wing Ming was appointed Regional
General Manager for North East Asia
and the Chief Executive of OCBC Bank
Hong Kong branch since September
2009. In this role, he assumes oversight
of the Bank’s branches in Hong Kong,
Japan, Korea and Taiwan. In November
2016, he was promoted to Executive Vice
President. Mr Tan joined OCBC Bank in
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