Tan Su Shan
Group Head, Institutional Banking,
DBS Bank
Su Shan is Group Head of Institutional Banking at DBS and she also serves as the President Commissioner for PT Bank DBS Indonesia. Prior to leading the IBG business, she was responsible for leading the group's Consumer Banking and Wealth Management business for close to a decade. The Asset named Su Shan as one of six women in Asia who are likely to influence and feature prominently in shaping the banking and associated financial services industry in Asia in 2019. 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. She was also awarded the 'Lifetime Achievement' award at the WealthBriefingAsia 2018 Awards and the 'Excellence Award' at Her Times' Women Empowerment Awards 2018. Her Times' Women Empowerment Awards recognises women who have contributed significantly to business, community, women empowerment and Singapore-Indonesia bilateral relations. 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. From 2012-2014, she also served as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore. Su Shan is also an independent board director of Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust and Aetos Holdings, both Temasek-linked entities.