He will also be appointed to the OCBC Bank Management Committee and report to the Chief Operating Officer. These changes will take effect on 1 November 2012.
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Mr Tan, 43, joined OCBC Bank in September 2009 as the Head of Branch and Group Premier Banking.
Prior to OCBC Bank, Mr Tan spent 16 years at Citibank Singapore where he last held the position of Managing Director, Sales and Distribution Head of its Global Consumer Banking division.
Tan holds a Bachelor of Science in Business (Honours with Distinction) from Indiana University, the United States of America (USA), and is a Certified Financial Planner. In August 2012, he completed the Stanford Executive Programme at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, USA, sponsored by OCBC Bank.
Under Mr Tan’s leadership, OCBC Bank’s Premier Banking business was relaunched last year in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. This resulted in a significant increase in revenue and customer base. Mr Tan also led the team to triple its Bancassurance’s business within two years, maintaining OCBC Bank’s leading position in the industry.
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By GlobalDataTan is a strong believer in service delivery. He enhanced Branch Banking operations and brought the team to embrace a substantially higher level of service standards. Under his guidance, new career development processes were developed for new Branch Managers and potential Branch Managers.
Ching Wei Hong, Chief Operating Officer of OCBC Bank, said: "Dennis is well qualified to assume this new role. Apart from his proven track record in delivering the business results over the past three years for our consumer banking business, he is also recognised by his peers and staff as an outstanding leader and coach. I am confident that Dennis will be a valuable contributor as a senior member of the OCBC senior management team."
