HSBC has promoted a Hong Kong corporate banker previously covering the tech sector to become its head of the commercial banking unit in Singapore.
Regina Lee has been named as HSBC’s Singapore head of commercial banking, according to a statement, effective March 1 this year.
Lee will replace Alan Turner who will relocate to the commercial banking unit in Canada after three years in Singapore.
She will report to CEO of HSBC Singapore Tony Cripps and APAC head of commercial banking Stuart Tait.
20-Year Veteran
Lee has over 20 years experiencing across corporate and commercial banking. She was most recently a managing director of corporate banking in HSBC’s Hong Kong unit where she led the coverage team for TMT (technology, media and telecommunications), consumer, retail and commodities.
In addition, Lee has extensive operational and risk management experience as HSBC’s former chief operating officer for the commercial bank in Hong Kong and she also separately oversaw operational risk and control division for commercial banking in the broader APAC region. Previously, she also led business development for HSBC Hong Kong's global trade and receivables finance business and the commercial banking business in Macau.
«Singapore continues to be a strategic growth market for the group, offering significant opportunities from its increasing status as an international investment hub and springboard to Southeast Asia,» Cripps said.
