Samuel Tsien: OCBC Group CEO

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. 

Piyush Gupta: DBS Group CEO

Piyush Gupta earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, India. He went on to earn an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad. 

In 1982, Piyus started his career with Citibank in India. Over the years he held various senior management roles across Citi’s corporate and consumer banking businesses, including Head of Strategic Planning for Emerging Markets and Regional Director for Global Transaction Services for Asia Pacific. Piyus also served as Citi’s County Officer for Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore respectively. 

Before joining DBS, Piyush was  Chief Executive Officer for South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand for Citigroup. He now is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of DBS Group, as well as Director of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and The Islamic Bank of Asia Limited. 

DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia, with assets of around $350 billion, and with more than 280 branches across 18 markets. DBS is listed and headquartered in Singapore and is a market leader in Singapore with more than 4 million customers and also has a growing presence in Greater China, Southeast Asian and South Asia.