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Samuel Tsien

Advisor to the Board and former Group CEO of OCBC

Samuel Tsien is an Advisor to the Board and is the former Group CEO of OCBC. Mr. Tsien retired as CEO of OCBC in 2021 after 14 years in various leadership roles at the bank.

Samuel Tsien

Advisor to the Board and former Group CEO of OCBC

Samuel Tsien is an Advisor to the Board and is the former Group CEO of OCBC.  He retired as CEO of OCBC in 2021 after 14 years in various leadership roles at the bank. Mr. Tsien was appointed CEO of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) in April 2012.

Prior to that, Mr Tsien has held various senior management roles in corporate banking, retail banking and risk management. 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, based in Hong Kong.

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