Tan Su Shan


Tan Su Shan is a Singaporean banker, who is the current chief executive officer of DBS Bank.

Education

Su Shan 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.

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

Politics

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

Chairmanships and board memberships

Su Shan sits on the advisory board of Dyson's family office, Weybourne Holdings, as well as on the boards of the Singapore Economic Development Board and Climate Impact X Pte Ltd.
She was previously on the board of the Central Provident Fund of Singapore, MPACT Management Ltd., EvolutionX Debt Capital Pte. Ltd., and The Singhealth Fund Limited,

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, the most powerful women in Asia, and 28th on Fortune's inaugural "100 Most Powerful People in Business" list for 2025.
In 2024, she was also featured on Forbes Asia's Power Businesswomen List.
In 2018, she was named as part of the Forbes Emergent 25 list.
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.

Personal Life

Su Shan is married to Christopher Wilson, with two children, Talisa and Kai.
Category:Living people
Category:Singaporean bankers
Category:Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford