• About UOB Kay Hian

The Board of Directors oversees the activities of our organisation and offers guidance on our global operations.
Mr. Wee Ee-Chao
Chairman and Managing Director
Mr. Tang Wee Loke
Non-Executive Non-Independent Director
Mr. Kuah Boon Wee
Independent Director
Mr. Andrew Suckling
Independent Director
Mr. Tay Wee Jin Michael
Independent Director
Mr. Leong Kok Mun, Edmund
Non-Executive Non-Independent Director

Mr. Wee Ee Chao - holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from American University (USA). He joined Kay Hian & Co (Pte) in 1981 as Managing Director and became Chairman of Kay Hian Holdings Limited in 1996. He has been closely involved in the management and growth of UOB Kay Hian over the last 42 years. In August 2000 when UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited was incorporated with the merger of Kay Hian Holdings Limited and UOB Securities (Pte) Ltd, Mr. Wee was appointed Chairman of UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited.

Besides his stockbroking involvement in UOB Kay Hian, Mr. Wee is also involved in investment and real estate development in the region. He serves on the Board of Haw Par Corporation Ltd and UOL Group Limited as a Non-Executive Director and is also a Director of Kheng Leong Co. Pte. Ltd. and Wee Investment Group. He was appointed Chairman of the Singapore Tourism Board from January 2002 to December 2004. He was also the First Vice-President of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (“REDAS”) from 2005 to 2006 and continued to serve on the committee of REDAS from 2007 to 2010.

Mr. Tang Wee Loke - holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from University of Hawaii. He began his career in Kay Hian & Co (Pte) as an Analyst in 1973 and became a Director in 1977. He was appointed Deputy Managing Director of Kay Hian James Capel Pte Ltd in 1990 and of UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited in 2000 following the merger of UOB Securities (Pte) Ltd and Kay Hian Holdings Limited.

He retired from his position as Deputy Managing Director in December 2007 and remained as an Executive Director of UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited until 31 December 2011. He was appointed Non-Executive Director from 1 January 2012 and has from 1 January 2015 become an Independent Director. He was redesignated as a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director from 17 October 2023. He was appointed a member of the Remuneration Committee on 1 May 2015.

He was a committee member of the Stock Exchange of Singapore from 1986 to 1999. He served on the SGX board as an Independent Director from December 2002 to September 2007. He was the founder chairman of the Securities Association of Singapore, which represents the interest of securities trading members in Singapore.

Mr. Kuah Boon Wee - was appointed Independent Director of UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited, Chairman of Audit Committee and member of Remuneration Committee on 3 May 2016. He was appointed as a member of the Nominating Committee from 31 October 2023.

Mr. Kuah is the Group Chief Executive Officer of MTQ Corporation, an oil and gas engineering and subsea services company listed on the SGX. Prior to that, he had worked from 2004 to 2010 in PSA International and served as CEO of South East Asia and Singapore Terminals (from 2007 to 2010) and Group Chief Financial Officer (from 2004 to 2007).

He has a Bachelor of Engineering Degree (1st Class Honours) from Imperial College of Science and Technology, London and is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Mr. Kuah serves on the board of The Hour Glass Limited and Sing Investments & Finance Limited. He is a Council Member of the Singapore National Employers Federation and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mr. Andrew Suckling - holds a Master of Arts (Honours) Degree from Oxford University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. From 3 May 2016, he was appointed as an Independent Director of UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.and a member of the Nominating Committee.

On 31 October 2023 he was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee and on 5 February 2024, chairman of the Nominating Committee.

Mr. Suckling has more than 30 years of experience in the finance industry, primarily working in investment banking. He is based in Singapore.

Mr. Tay Wee Jin Michael - holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) degree in Business and International Management from Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom. He was appointed as an Independent Director of UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited on 1 March 2024.

Mr. Tay is the Group Managing Director of The Hour Glass Limited. He served on the Boards of the National Heritage Board and the Singapore Tyler Print Institute, was a member of the governing council for the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art and an advisory board member of Art Basel Cities and Art SG; institutions engaged in the advancement of the heritage and visual arts sector.

Mr. Leong Kok Mun, Edmund - was appointed a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited and a member of the Audit Committee on 1 June 2021. He was appointed a member of the Nominating Committee on 5 February 2024.

Mr. Leong is the Managing Director, Head of Group Investment Banking of United Overseas Bank Limited (“UOB”). He is responsible for the investment banking business of UOB spanning debt & equity capital markets, corporate finance & advisory, infrastructure & project finance and syndicated financing. He has more than 25 years of investment banking origination and execution experience. Mr. Leong also represents UOB as a Director of UOB Asset Management Ltd and a Non-Executive Director of ICHX Tech Pte. Ltd., which owns ADDX, a full-service capital markets platform with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) licenses for the issuance, custody and secondary trading of digital securities.

Prior to joining UOB in 2015, he led the debt capital markets team at the investment banking arm of an international financial group. He also held senior roles specialising in capital markets at several international banks.

Mr. Leong holds a Master of Philosophy in Management Studies from University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting (First Class Honours) from University of Wales, Cardiff. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.