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UOB taps Leong Yung Chee as new CFO

The appointment will take effect on 22 April 2025.

UOB has appointed Leong Yung Chee as its new group chief financial officer (CFO), effective 22 April 2025.

Leong is currently the group’s head of Group Corporate Banking. He will succeed Lee Wai Fai, who will retire as CFO after 20 years.

He will oversee the bank’s core functions, including finance, treasury, and data management, as well as its financial strategy.

Leong will work alongside Lee as CFO-designate with immediate effect before he assumes official responsibilities next year.

Leong has 25 years of experience in financial services, including leadership roles in corporate and investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, strategic transformation, and restructuring. He joined UOB in 2016 as its head of Group Corporate Banking after 15 years with several international banks.

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