Samuel Tsien earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He has 36 years of solid banking experience. 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.
Before joining OCBC Bank, Samuel was the President and Chief Executive Officer of China Construction Bank (Asia) when China Construction Bank acquired Bank of America (Asia). He joined OCBC Bank in July 2007 as Senior Executive Vice President, in charge of the Group’s corporate and commercial banking business. He assumed in 2008, the role as Global Head of Global Corporate Bank with added responsibilities of overseeing the financial institution and transaction banking businesses.
Samuel who is in his late 50s was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer on April 15, 2012.
Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd is one of the largest public companies in the world with annual sales of over $8 billion with 29,512 employees. It engages in banking, life assurance, general insurance, asset management, investment holding, future, and stockbroking businesses. The bank’s headquarters is in Singapore.
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