GIC appoints former DBS executive Jeanette Wong as board director 

GIC on Tuesday (Oct 31) named Jeanette Wong, a former executive at DBS, as a director of its board with effect from Nov 8, 2023.

This will be in addition to Wong’s current role on the GIC risk committee, which she has been a member of since 2021.

As group executive at DBS up until her retirement in March 2019, Wong was responsible for the institutional banking group covering corporate banking, global transaction services, strategic advisory, and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to that, she was director of DBS’ China business, chairperson of the bank’s Taiwan business and chief financial officer of DBS Group.

Before joining DBS, Wong held various roles at JPMorgan, Citibank and Banque Paribas.

GIC chief executive Lim Chow Kiat said the sovereign wealth fund has benefited from her expertise in finance and global banking.

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“As a member of the risk committee, she has been instrumental in strengthening our risk management capabilities amid the current investment environment.” 

Wong currently sits on the boards of Singapore Airlines, UBS Group and UBS, Prudential, PSA International, JTC Corporation (formerly known as Jurong Town Corporation) and Pavilion Capital.

She is a member of the Securities Industry Council, and of the board of trustees at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She also chairs the NUS Business School management advisory board, and the CareShield Life Council under the Ministry of Health.