Mr. Victor Lee

Chief Executive Officer, CIMB Bank, Singapore
Chief Executive Officer, Group Commercial Banking

• Responsible to grow and drive innovation for the SME and Mid-Corporate segments in the region. Champions customer centricity, digital enablement, as well as CIMB's sustainability agenda for the entire Commercial Banking business.
• Responsible for Singapore's banking business and strategic positioning, and to deepen its foothold in ASEAN region.
• Over 25 years of experience in Retail banking, Channels/ Distribution Management, Microfinance and Business Banking with markets coverage in ASEAN, North Asia, Africa and Middle East.
• At Fullerton Financial Holdings, he was responsible for managing its investments in banks and financial services firms. This includes driving its strategy and implementations, leading several digital initiatives across Asia and delivering strong operational risk governance and performance excellence. He also held various board directorships within the Fullerton Group.
• Was Managing Director at United Overseas Bank (UOB) and led the Small Business banking segment at United Overseas Bank (UOB).
• A member of the SME Banking management committee in Standard Chartered where he was responsible for its global liability, treasury business and lending businesses in Singapore, Taiwan and China.
• At Citibank, he was responsible for the strategic positioning of business banking within the Global Consumer Group in Singapore and for driving key initiatives for CitiGold and CitiBanking.
• Awarded “Top 50 Most Promising Young Leaders’’ award in 2008 by The Asian Banker for bankers aged below 40 in Asia Pacific and Middle East region"