Our sustainability governance structure

Chairman
Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director

Non-Executive and Independent Director

Ms Chong was appointed to the Board on 18 February 2022. She spent almost 30 years at Accenture where she held senior and practice leadership roles covering various industries and countries in Asia and was responsible for Accenture’s Greater China business from 2015 to 2018. She was Chairman and Country Managing Director of Accenture Greater China and a Global Leadership Council member of Accenture when she retired in December 2018 to pursue her interests in technology start-ups and private equity.

Non-Executive and Independent Director

Non-Executive and Independent Director

Non-Executive and Lead Independent Director

Non-Executive and Independent Director

Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director

Non-Executive and Independent Director

Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director

Non-Executive and Independent Director

Non-Executive and Independent Director

Non-Executive and Independent Director

Group Chief Executive Officer

Ms Helen Wong was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of OCBC Bank on 15 April 2021. She is also Chairman of OCBC Wing Hang Bank (China) Limited, a Board Commissioner of PT Bank OCBC NISP Tbk and a Director of Bank of Singapore, Great Eastern Holdings Limited, OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, OCBC Wing Hang Bank Limited and the Dr Goh Keng Swee Scholarship Fund. Ms Wong is currently a council member of the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) and the Institute of Banking & Finance (IBF) Singapore. She also serves as a Board member at Enterprise Singapore (ESG), and as a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Financial Centre Advisory Panel, MAS Payments Council and MAS Financial Sector Tripartite Committee.

Ms Wong joined OCBC Bank in February 2020 as Deputy President and Head of Global Wholesale Banking. She has more than 37 years of banking experience, having started out as a Management Trainee in OCBC Bank and was its first China Desk Manager, based at the Hong Kong Branch. She has vast experience in Greater China, covering a wide range of roles in capital markets, syndicated finance and corporate banking. Before returning to OCBC Bank, Ms Wong spent 27 years at HSBC, where her last role was as its Chief Executive for Greater China, which she was appointed to in 2015. She became the President and CEO of HSBC China based in Shanghai in 2010, and was promoted to be Group General Manager in 2011 to recognise her responsibility for the business operations and strategic expansion in China. She also held non-executive directorships at Baoshan Iron & Steel from 2012 to 2015, and at Bank of Communications from 2016 to 2019. Ms Wong holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong.

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 and advisory, treasury financial control and advisory, 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 serves as a board member of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS Board). He is also a council member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). 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. 

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. He is a Director of Bank of Ningbo Ltd and a member of Management Board of NUS Risk Management Institute. Mr Choo holds a Master of Arts in Economics from University of Akron, United States.

Group Chief Operating Officer

Mr Lim Khiang Tong was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer (GCOO) in June 2021. As GCOO, he drives transformation efforts and alignment of operational capabilities as well as data and design competencies across the Group. He has oversight over operations and technology, operational excellence, customer experience, data and analytics and property management functions. Mr Lim joined the Bank’s IT Management team in 2000. He was appointed Head of IT management in January 2002. He was promoted to Executive Vice President and Head of Group Information Technology in December 2007. In May 2010, he assumed the role of Head of Group Operations and Technology. Mr Lim has over 30 years of management experience in strategic technology development, information technology, process-reengineering, project management and banking operations. In 2020, Mr Lim was also named Digital Transformation Leader in Singapore by the International Data Corporation, a global market intelligence firm in information technology, in recognition of his role in accelerating the Bank’s digital transformation efforts. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Economics from the National University of Singapore and is a IBF Distinguished Fellow (Technology).

Global Wholesale Banking

Mr Tan Teck Long was appointed Executive Vice President and Head of Global Wholesale Banking on 15 March 2022. As the Head of Global Wholesale Banking, he has global responsibility for all banking relationships with small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporates and financial institutions; two product groups - cash management and trade under the transaction banking business; as well as the investment banking business. Mr Tan has more than 28 years of banking experience overseeing Corporate Banking, Investment Banking and Risk Management. He joined OCBC Bank from DBS Bank, where his last appointment was Chief Risk Officer. During his tenure at DBS Bank, he had served in a number of senior roles including Group Head of DBS’ corporate banking business, Head of Institutional Banking Group (China), Group Head of Special Assets Management and Group Head of Corporate Real Estate Strategy and Administration. Mr Tan is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder and a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Singapore. He holds a Master of Business Administration from University of Manchester and a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore.

Global Commercial Banking

Mr Linus Goh was appointed 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, 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 investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, Seeds Capital Private Limited. He also sits on 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 Business Environment and Cost Competitiveness. Mr Goh holds a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) with Honours from the National University of Singapore and is an IBF Distinguished Fellow.

Global Corporate Banking

Ms Elaine Lam was appointed Head of Global Corporate Banking in April 2016. She has global responsibility for OCBC Bank’s corporate banking business which spans Global Real Estate, Wholesale Corporate Marketing, Global Commodities Finance, China Business Office as well as the Bank’s corporate banking business in the overseas branches and subsidiaries. Ms Lam is also responsible for driving the Structured Finance, Sustainable Finance and Partnership & Innovation groups within Global Corporate Banking. With more than 25 years of experience in corporate banking, she is currently a steering committee member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Finance Centre Advisory Panel Green Finance Workgroup, and a member of the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) Sustainable Finance Workgroup. She also served in the IBF Corporate Banking Workgroup and the Financial Industry Competency Standards’ Corporate Banking Working Group. Ms Lam holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from the Nanyang Technological University and is an IBF Fellow (Corporate Banking).

Global Treasury

Mr Kenneth Lai was appointed Head of Global Treasury in October 2020. 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. Mr Lai joined OCBC Bank in February 2012 as Head of Global Treasury International.  Since 2015, he has also been responsible for the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management (ALM) globally. He was appointed Executive Vice President in May 2019. Mr Lai has over 31 years of experience in different functions across trading, sales and asset liability management and across different countries in Asia. Currently, he serves on the boards of Bank of Singapore, OCBC Securities, and Clearing and Payment Services Pte Ltd (CAPS). Mr Lai also serves on Great Eastern Group’s Asset/Liability Committee and Investment Committee. He is a member of the Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee, and member of the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF)’s Financial Markets Regulatory Practices Examination Board, Standards Committee and Chairman of the Capital and Financial Markets Workgroup. Mr Lai also serves as a member on the ABS Standing Committee on Financial Market and Benchmark Co Oversight Committee.  Before joining OCBC Bank, he was the Head of Financial Markets at Ta Chong Bank in Taiwan and has held several key appointments with ABN AMRO bank.  He started his career at Bankers Trust Company.  Mr Lai holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is an IBF Fellow.

Group Human Resources

Mr Jason Ho joined OCBC Bank in January 2013 as Head of Asset Liability Management. He assumed the role of Head of Group Human Resources in July 2015, following his appointment as Deputy Head, effective January 2015. He has more than 30 years of banking experience and has held senior level positions at KBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Volvo Group Treasury Asia Limited. Mr Ho holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and a Masters in Applied Finance from Macquarie University. He also serves as a Director of the Institute for Human Resource Professionals and is a member of the HR Industry Transformation Advisory Panel.

Group Brand and Communications

As the Head of Group Brand and Communications, Ms Koh Ching Ching oversees OCBC Bank’s branding and communications initiatives with the media, employees, customers, shareholders and the general public across its core markets. She has been heading the division since November 2004 and was appointed Executive Vice President in March 2012. Prior to her current role, she led OCBC Bank’s franchise expansion efforts in trade finance in Malaysia. Ms Koh had 16 years of corporate and retail banking experience, having held various senior customer and product positions in local and foreign financial institutions. She graduated with First Class Honours in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.