Mr Wilson Chia
EVP, Head of Small and Medium Enterprises & Commercial Banking
Mr Chia is a highly seasoned banker with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Most recently, he was the Regional Head of Consumer Banking for South East Asia with Standard Chartered Bank.
Wilson joined Standard Chartered as Head of Cards in 1986 from Visa International. He subsequently assumed a number of senior positions in Marketing & Sales, Distribution, Product Management, SME and Premier Banking in the Bank. Mr Chia was appointed as Country Head, Consumer Banking, Singapore in 1997 before assuming the role of Regional Head, South East Asia in 2004. Under his leadership, Standard Chartered Consumer Bank in Singapore was named the Best Retail Bank in Asia for three consecutive years (2001-2003). In 2004, he was awarded the Asia Outstanding Retail Banker of the Year 2003 by The Asian Banker.
Mr Chia has served as a member of the Board of Commissioners at Permata Bank, Indonesia; as a member of the MasterCard Global Risk Management Committee; and as a member of the Visa International Asia Pacific Marketing and Product Development Advisor Group.
Wilson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy and an MBA from the National University of Singapore, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.