Tan Su Shan

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Tan Su Shan
Citizenship Singapore
Education Lincoln College Oxford University
Occupation Chief Executive Officer
Employer DBS Bank
TermMarch 2025 -
Predecessor Piyush Gupta
Board member ofWeybourne Holdings

Singapore Economic Development Board

Climate Impact X Pte Ltd
SpouseChristopher Wilson

Tan Su Shan (born 1968) is a Singaporean banker, who is the current chief executive officer (CEO) of DBS Bank [1] .

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Education

Su Shan graduated with a Master of Arts in 1989 from Lincoln College, Oxford University, where she studied politics, philosophy and economics [2] . Her first internship as a university student was with DBS [3] . She has also completed executive leadership courses in Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School, and Singularity University [1] .

Career

Su Shan began her career at ING Baring Securities in institutional equity and derivative sales, working in London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. She joined Morgan Stanley (MS.N) in 1997 as an executive director before becoming Citigroup's regional head for Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore in 2005 [4] .

She then returned to Morgan Stanley in 2008 as head of private wealth management for Southeast Asia.

Su Shan joined DBS in 2010, where she spent the first three years building the bank's wealth management business. [5]

Politics

Su Shan was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament from 2012 to 2014, representing Business and Industry [6] .

Chairmanships and board memberships

Su Shan sits on the advisory board of Dyson's family office, Weybourne Holdings [7] , as well as on the boards of the Singapore Economic Development Board and Climate Impact X Pte Ltd [1] .

She was previously on the board of the Central Provident Fund of Singapore (CPF Board), MPACT Management Ltd. (the Manager of Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust), EvolutionX Debt Capital Pte. Ltd. (a fund focused on growth debt, founded jointly by Temasek and DBS), and The Singhealth Fund Limited [1] ,

Awards and recognition

In 2025, she was ranked 6th globally in Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Business list, the only Singaporean in the top 10 [8] , the most powerful women in Asia [9] , and 28th on Fortune's inaugural "100 Most Powerful People in Business" list for 2025 [10] .

In 2024, she was also featured on Forbes Asia's Power Businesswomen List [11] .

In 2018, she was named as part of the Forbes Emergent 25 list [12] .

In 2015, she was named the world's Best Leader in Private Banking at the prestigious PWM/The Banker Global Private Banking Awards in Geneva, the first Singaporean to do so [13] .

Personal Life

Su Shan is married to Christopher Wilson, with two children, Talisa and Kai [14] [15] .

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  2. ↑ "DBS' Incoming CEO Faces Headwinds, Sees AI as Game Changer". Bloomberg. 13 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Once a DBS intern, now its next CEO: 5 things to know about Tan Su Shan". The Straits Times. 2024-08-08. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  4. ↑ "Who is Tan Su Shan, Singapore bank DBS's incoming CEO?". Reuters. 9 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Once a DBS intern, now its next CEO: 5 things to know about Tan Su Shan". The Straits Times. 2024-08-08. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  6. ↑ "Nine Nominated MPs selected". CNA. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  7. ↑ "Picked after decade-long succession process, Tan Su Shan will be DBS' first female CEO". CNA. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  8. ↑ "DBS CEO Tan Su Shan only S'porean in Fortune's Top 10 Most Powerful Women in business list". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  9. ↑ "DBS CEO Tan Su Shan named Fortune's most powerful woman in Asia for 2025". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  10. ↑ "100 Most Powerful People in Business". Fortune. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  11. ↑ "Two Singaporeans make Forbes Asia's "Power Businesswomen 2024 List" for trailblazing leadership roles Singapore News". The Independent Singapore News. 2024-11-06. Archived from the original on 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  12. ↑ Insights, Asia. "Forbes Emergent 25: The Women Making Their Mark In Asia's Enterprises". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  13. ↑ "The Peak Power List 2015: Tan Su Shan". PEAK Singapore. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  14. ↑ Wei, Chong Seow. "The Gift Of Life". Tatler Asia. Archived from the original on 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  15. ↑ "The Peak Power List 2015: Tan Su Shan". PEAK Singapore. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
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