Tan Su Shan

Singaporean banker (born 1968)

Tan Su Shan (born 1968) is a Singaporean banker who is the current chief executive officer (CEO) of DBS Bank.2

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Born 1967.1

Companies

  • DBS BankChief executive officer Mar 28, 2025 to now11

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Oxford3
  • Date not recordedLincoln College3

Tan graduated from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School. She went to University of Oxford after her GCE-A level where she studied politics, philosophy and economics and graduated with a Master of Arts in 1989 from Lincoln College, Oxford University. Her first internship as a university student was with DBS. She has also completed executive leadership courses in Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School, and Singularity University.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson, banker.7 8

Tan 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.

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

Tan joined DBS in 2010, where she spent the first three years building the bank's wealth management business, later taking over as CEO of DBS after then CEO Mr Piyush Gupta retired in March 2025, becoming the first female CEO of the bank.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipSingapore9

Tan is married to Christopher Wilson, with two children, Talisa and Kai.

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Politics

Tan was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament from 2012 to 2014, representing Business and Industry.

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In the news

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  • CNBC Daily Open: 'Boring' trumps disorder and volatilityCNBC, center, Oct 13, 2026…2028, with Asia 1.7% lower. Against that backdrop, Singapore's predictability may be becoming a selling point. DBS CEO Tan Su Shan described the city-state as open, predictable and "almost kind of boring." "In this huge time of volatility,…
  • Broadcom CEO compares AI investors to gamblers: ‘They are in a casino’New York Post, leans right, Oct 12, 2026…Many investors are hoarding their funds for a historic mega-deal, experts recently told The Post. Tan Su Shan, CEO of DBS Bank – the largest bank in Southeast Asia and the conference host — told Bloomberg TV on Monday the market has been re…