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Former OCBC Bank in South Bridge Road, Singapore.. On 31 October 1932, three banks – Chinese Commercial Bank (1912), Ho Hong Bank (1917), and Oversea-Chinese Bank (1919) – merged and consolidated their strengths to form Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation under the leadership of Hoklos Tan Ean Kiam (co-founder and managing director of Oversea-Chinese Bank) [15] [16] and Lee Kong Chian, who ...
Leong began his career in 1986 with the GIC and subsequently worked with investment banks in Tokyo, London and Hong Kong, including at Mitsubishi Bank, Salomon Brothers and at Merrill Lynch as a director. [8] [9] [10] He returned to Singapore in 1997 to accept an appointment as Managing Director of OCBC Securities, a leading brokerage firm in ...
The net profit after tax for OCBC Group was almost S$4 billion for 2015. In addition to his role in OCBC, Lee was also a director of several companies, including Lee Rubber Group Companies and Lee Foundation. [5] He served as a board member of the GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund and the Council of Presidential Advisors, Singapore.
Tan Chin Tuan CBE (Chinese: 陈振传; pinyin: Chén Zhènchuán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Chín-thoân; 21 November 1908 – 13 November 2005) was a Singaporean banker and philanthropist who served as the chairman of OCBC Bank from 1966 to 1983. Tan is often credited with helping to establish the OCBC Bank through its mergers.
Bank of Singapore is the private banking arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), Southeast Asia’s second largest bank. Formerly known as ING Asia Private Bank , it was acquired by OCBC in 2009 from ING Group for US$ 1.46 billion. [ 3 ]
Tony Tan Keng Yam DUT GCB (Chinese: 陈庆炎; pinyin: Chén Qìngyán; born 7 February 1940) is a Singaporean banker and politician who served as the seventh president of Singapore from 2011 to 2017.
OCBC Centre is a 197.7 m (649 ft), 52-storey skyscraper in Singapore. Serving as the current headquarters of OCBC Bank , the building was completed in 1976 and was the second-tallest building in the country, and South East Asia , at that time. [ 4 ]
It is the only life insurance company to be listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), and the largest insurance company in Southeast Asia in terms of assets and market capitalisation. On 19 June 2023, OCBC Bank upped its stake in insurance subsidiary Great Eastern Holdings to 88.4%. [2]