Ching Wei Hong

Ching Wei Hong
Mr Ching Wei Hong
Member, NTU Board of Trustees

Mr Ching Wei Hong is the former Deputy President, Group Wealth Management & Consumer Banking, OCBC Bank.

Mr Ching joined OCBC in November 1999 as head of transaction banking and has held various senior roles including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Group Head Operations & Technology and Chairman of Bank of Singapore before being named Deputy President on 9 January 2020.

In his capacity as COO of OCBC, he was responsible for the Global Wealth Management and Consumer Division, focusing on building the OCBC Group’s consumer banking franchise and wealth management business in its key markets in Asia. Mr Ching also oversaw OCBC’s Group Customer Experience unit and OCBC’s fintech and innovation unit, The Open Vault at OCBC.

Mr Ching has more than 38 years of experience in regional finance, wealth management, consumer retail banking, corporate banking and cash management. Before joining OCBC, he was Director of Corporate Finance, Philips Electronics Asia Pacific. He also held senior regional assignments in Bank of America and was Treasurer of Union Carbide Asia Pacific.

Mr Ching holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.

At present, he is a member of Nanyang Technological University’s Board of Trustees.