Sunday, 30 June 2024
Advisory Council
Bill Chua
Bill was former MD and head of global financial institutions group, UOB, managing relationships with banks, non-bank financial institutions, supra-nationals, sovereigns and sovereign entities. In his 34 years of experience in the financial services industry, he has covered institutional wholesale and consumer banking in the front, middle and back offices. Prior to joining OUB in 2000, Chua was with Citibank for 20 years. He serves as a director for several UOB-owned companies and/or joint ventures, and is also an active member of the financial and education communities in Singapore.
James Cullen
James Cullen is a career banker with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Most recently, he was senior vice president and area manager for Wells Fargo's global correspondent banking in the Asia Pacific region. He was also responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with financial institutions, corporations, governments and multilateral organisations based in the region. Prior to this, James managed U.S. Bancorporation's international banking division from 1995-1999.
Damian Glendinning
Damian Glendinning has over 26 years experience in the field of finance, accounting and treasury. He is currently vice president and group treasurer at Lenovo, which he joined in 2005 after 21 years with IBM. Prior to this, Glendinning was IBM's Asia Pacific treasurer from 2001 to 2005. He was also director of their global treasury operations in New York. Glendinning also served in a variety of corporate finance roles at IBM, including accounting and internal audit.
Mathew Welch
Mathew has 24 years of senior executive experience in financial markets in Asia, having conducted business and led teams, transactions and projects in most major Asian countries. Prior to starting his own firm, Mathew was Managing Director & Head of Banks, Asia (ex-Japan) at Daiwa Securities Capital Markets, Managing Director and Head Financial Institutions, Asia at ING Investment Banking, Managing Director, Investments at Temasek Holdings and Global Head of Banks at Standard Chartered. He has a MBA degree from Harvard Business School.
