OCBC CEO Helen Wong to retire; Tan Teck Long named successor

Post-retirement, Wong will remain chairman of OCBC China and director of OCBC HK.

OCBC has appointed Tan Teck Long as its group chief executive officer effective 1 January 2026.

Incumbent group CEO Helen Wong is retiring on 31 December 2025. Post-retirement, Wong will remain chairman of OCBC China and director of OCBC Hong Kong.

Wong has indicated in 2024 that she wishes to retire for family reasons, the bank said in a press release announcing her upcoming retirement. She had been spending more time in Hong Kong since the start of 2025, where her family is based.

Tan— who is head of global wholesale banking since joining OCBC in March 2022— will assume the role of deputy CEO with immediate effect.

Since May 2025, Tan has been chairing the OCBC Strategic Resilience Group (SRG), whose objective is to calibrate OCBC’s position in the continually evolving global paradigm, strengthen its resilience, and improve long-term sustainability of the business, according to the press release.

In China, Tan serves as director on the boards of Bank of Ningbo and Maxwealth Fund Management Company, both affiliated with OCBC. 

Andrew Lee, chairman of OCBC Group's board of directors, thanked Wong for agreeing to stay as chair of the China board and director of the Hong Kong board.

“The board reluctantly accepted Helen’s request to retire to spend more time with her family," Lee said in the statement.

Lee said that the choice to make Tan the next CEO is unanimous. "After a rigorous global search, the Board unanimously agreed that Teck Long was the best candidate to take the helm."

"With Teck Long’s appointment, there will be no disruption to OCBC’s corporate strategic direction of becoming an integrated financial services powerhouse," Lee said.