DBS chief sees 'four or five' candidates on his succession bench

Singapore

DBS chief executive officer Piyush Gupta has spotted "four or five" internal candidates who have the potential to take on his job, though without specifying a timeline, he said in an interview with Euromoney magazine.

Mr Gupta, 59, said he is trying to build a succession bench at the bank, which was crowned this year's world's best bank by the publication.

"I've got four or five candidates, all plus or minus 50 who, with …