Charting the course

Mr Harry Lim

Head of Group Audit



Mr Harry Lim was appointed Head of Group Audit in November 2022. He oversees the full spectrum of internal audit activities for OCBC and its subsidiaries. He reports directly to the Audit Committee and administratively to the Group CEO.

Mr Lim joined OCBC in May 2012 as Head of Internal Audit of the former OCBC Bank (China) (based in Shanghai), where he oversaw the smooth integration of the audit teams in the former OCBC Bank (China) and OCBC Wing Hang Bank (China). He was then appointed as Head of Greater China Audit in 2017 (based in Hong Kong), where he managed the Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau audit teams, and expedited the full adoption of Group Audit’s methodology and standards by the Hong Kong and Macau audit teams.

Prior to joining OCBC, Mr Lim spent seven years in the Singapore and Hong Kong offices of JP Morgan Chase covering internal audit for various trading business units including commodities, equities and emerging markets. He also spent five years in Credit Suisse First Boston in a regional oversight and governance role and in market risk reporting and analysis. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the National University of Singapore and holds the professional qualifications of Chartered Financial Analyst and Certification in Risk Management Assurance.