Samuel N. Tsien
Mr Samuel Tsien is the Non-Executive Chairman and a Director of the Manager.
Mr Tsien is also a member of the Sponsor’s Board and its Investment Committee. He is concurrently the Non-Executive Lead Independent Director, Nominating Committee
Chairman, Audit & Risk Committee and Remuneration Committee Member of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, and a Non-Executive Independent Director, Risk Management Committee, Audit Committee and Nominating & Governance Committee Member of Singapore Exchange Limited.
Mr Tsien has over 40 years of experience in the banking, finance and capital markets sectors. He was the former Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Oversea- Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (“OCBC”) from 2012 to 2021 and served as the Adviser to the Board of OCBC upon his retirement until 2022. He was also a Non-Executive Director of OCBC Bank (Hong Kong) Limited in Hong Kong SAR until 31 July 2023.
Prior to his retirement from OCBC, Mr Tsien was concurrently the Chairman of the Association of Banks in Singapore, Vice Chairman of the Institute of Banking and Finance Council (“IBF”), and Member of the National Jobs Council. By appointment of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, he was also the Chairman of the Steering Committee for Singapore’s SGD interest rate regime transition from Singapore Dollar Swap Offer Rate and Singapore Interbank Offered Rate to the Singapore Overnight Rate Average, Member of the Financial Centre Advisory Panel
and the Payments Council.
Before joining OCBC in July 2007, Mr Tsien was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of America (Asia) from 1995 to 2006, and the President and Chief Executive Officer of China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Ltd in 2007.
He was awarded the Public Service Star (BBM) Award by the Government of Singapore in 2023, IBF Distinguished Fellow in 2014, and Honorary Fellow of Lingnan University, Hong Kong in 2012.