Update (19 Aug): Dear all, thank you for your keen interest in our Fireside Chat with Tan Su Shan event. Please note the event is now full and registrations have closed. If you'd like to be placed on the waitlist, please email us at  events@fwasg.org. Thank you!

Join us as we delve into Su Shan’s journey to helm the key business leadership at DBS and her passion in advancing the cause for women to thrive in the challenging Singapore financial industry. Tan Su Shan is the Deputy CEO and Group Head of Institutional Banking at DBS, and Founding Member of FWA Singapore more than 20 years ago. 

This exclusive event is open to FWA members only. Register early to secure your spot.

Speaker and Moderator Bios:
 

Speaker:

Tan Su Shan, Deputy CEO and Group Head of Institutional Banking at DBS, and Founding Member of FWA Singapore

Su Shan is the Deputy CEO and Group Head of Institutional Banking at DBS. DBS is the largest bank in Southeast Asia with a market capitalisation of S$100 billion (May 2024). She also serves as the President Commissioner for PT Bank DBS Indonesia. Prior to leading the institutional banking business, she was Group Head of Consumer Banking and Wealth Management for close to a decade. Before DBS, Su Shan worked at Morgan Stanley, Citibank and ING Barings.

In 2019, The Asset named Su Shan as one of the six women in Asia who are likely to influence and feature prominently in shaping the banking and associated financial services industry in Asia. In 2018, she was nominated by Forbes Magazine as a “Top 25 emergent Asian Woman Business Leader”. In the same year, she was also named “Retail Banker of the Year”, by the Digital Banker in their inaugural Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards.In October 2014, Su Shan became the first Singaporean to be recognised as the world’s “Best Leader in Private Banking” by PWM/The Banker, a wealth publication by the Financial Times Group. She served as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore from 2012 to 2014.

Su Shan sits on the advisory board of Dyson’s family office, Weybourne Holdings. She is also a board member of Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust and EvolutionX Debt Capital Pte Ltd (a fund focused on growth debt, founded jointly by Temasek and DBS). Su Shan was previously on the board of Singapore’s Central Provident Fund (CPF) and Singhealth Fund Limited.

Married with two children, Su Shan is actively involved in fund-raising efforts for various Singapore charities. She is a member of the International Women’s Foundation and the Young Presidents Organisation, as well as an advisor to Lincoln College Oxford University. She is also the Founder President of the Financial Women’s Association in Singapore, a non-profit organisation she founded and pioneered in 2001 to help develop and mentor women in the financial industry.

Su Shan graduated with a Master of Arts from Lincoln College, Oxford University where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She has also completed executive leadership courses in Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School and Singularity University.

Moderator:

Lily Chia, Head of Regional Sales, SGX & Head of Champions Engagement, FWA

Lily is Head of Regional Equity & FICC Sales at the Global Sales & Origination unit in SGX. She leads a sales team who is responsible for end client engagement in Singapore, ASEAN, Oceania, Middle East and India. The product coverage is SGX’s securities and derivative markets for equity, currency and commodity asset classes.

During her 20 years at SGX, Lily held leadership positions in various functions, including derivatives and commodities product development, clearing member relationship and commodities sales. She also served in the CEO office and led the conversion of SGX’s second board, SESDAQ, to Catalist.

Prior to SGX, Lily was head of middle office and credit at DBS TD Waterhouse, an online securities brokerage firm. She started her career in the former Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) in 1996.

Lily was most recently in the Stanford Executive Program class of 2023. She has also received certification from London School of Economics on cryptocurrency and Singapore Management University on fintech and innovation. Lily received a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from the National University of Singapore and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

She volunteers with the Financial Women’s Association (FWA) Singapore as head of the Champions Engagement pillar and member of the Executive Committee.

Registration

Please note places are on a first-come-first-served basis so do register early! Deadline for registration is 9 September 2024. Please sign up early to avoid disappointment. We apologise that any request for places after the deadline will not be entertained. As places are limited and if you have RSVP but cannot make it, we appreciate that you cancel your registration so that we can make the place available to someone else. Cancellation details are provided below under NO SHOW POLICY. Thank you.

Members:

FWA members attend free of charge. Please login on the website before registering.

Institutional Members:

• Diamond members - Registration at FWA member rates for up to 15 persons per Institutional Member.
• Platinum members - Registration at FWA member rates for up to 10 persons per Institutional Member.
• Gold members - Registration at FWA member rates for up to 5 persons per Institutional Member.

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No Show Policy

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