Mr Lee Ah Boon
Chief Operating Officer
Lee Ah Boon brings with him a wealth of experience, having spent over 15 years as a Controller and a Regional Controller in a manufacturing environment and another 20 years in financial services.
After graduating from the University of Singapore with an honours degree in Accountancy, Boon started work as a financial accountant, and later became regional financial controller in large US multi-national manufacturing companies, such as National Semiconductor Pte Ltd and Data General Ltd.
He joined Citibank in 1990 and served in a variety of roles in the Consumer Bank in Singapore. These included CFO, Senior Operations Officer, Head of the Credit Card business and finally Business Manager of the Consumer Bank, guiding it through a period of growth, profitability and winning plaudits for service, branding and innovation. In 1998, Boon was awarded the prestigious National Productivity Award for innovation and service in the financial industry. Boon was later asked in 2005 to start up Citibank's Consumer Business in China, and successfully secured the RMB licence, increased staffing to 600, the number of branches from 4 to 25, and its presence from 3 cities to 8.
Boon later returned to Singapore as Regional Operations Head, before joining Barclays Bank in early 2009 as International Technology Head for its Global Retail and Commercial Bank businesses. In this role, he supported Barclays International Retail and Commercial Banking in their application software implementation and maintenance and was also responsible for building up and safeguarding the intellectual capital for the company. In conjunction with his responsibilities, the Barclays technology units in Singapore, India and China with a staff strength of over 2,000 reported into him.