He previously spent more than two decades at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and was deputy managing director, corporate development, when he left in 2019.

OCBC has appointed Andrew Khoo Cheng Hoe as a non-executive and independent director, effective March 8, according to a filing with bourse SGX.

He will serve as a member of the board audit committee as well as the ethics and conduct committee, the announcement said.

Khoo, 57, is an adjunct professor at the NUS Business School. He is also a director at the National Environment Agency, as well as at Stroke Support Station.