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DBS’ next CEO Tan Su Shan: ‘What’ll define me as CEO? In a word, impact’

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Ms Tan Su Shan was named Deputy CEO and CEO-designate of DBS on Aug 7, the first woman to head Singapore’s largest bank.

Ms Tan Su Shan was named Deputy CEO and CEO-designate of DBS on Aug 7, the first woman to head Singapore’s largest bank.

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SINGAPORE – DBS CEO-designate Tan Su Shan is going back to where she started in banking – being an “intern”.

“Between now and next March, I will be doing a lot of listening. Be an intern again,” she tells The Straits Times. “I am going to sit in units I haven’t run, such as global financial markets, group technology, and strategic marketing and communications.” 

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