Tan Su Shan Became DBS’s First Woman CEO in March 2025
Tan Su Shan took over as chief executive of DBS Group at the bank’s annual general meeting on 28 March 2025. She succeeded Piyush Gupta and is the first woman to lead the bank. Before that she oversaw consumer banking, wealth management and institutional banking, which together bring in about 90% of DBS income.
| Role | Chief Executive Officer |
|---|---|
| Company | DBS Group Holdings |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Industry | Finance and Banking |
| In role since | 2025 |
| Education | Master of Arts (Politics, Philosophy and Economics), Lincoln College, University of Oxford |
| Company website | www.dbs.com |
Citi, Morgan Stanley and 15 Years Inside DBS
- Citi and Morgan Stanley, with postings in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore
- 2010: joined DBS to build its wealth management business
- Close to ten years running consumer banking and wealth management
- 2014: President Commissioner of DBS Indonesia
- Group head of institutional banking
- August 2024: deputy CEO
- March 2025: CEO
She served as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore from 2012 to 2014.
DBS Profit and Income for 2025
DBS is a Singapore bank with operations across Asia. For 2025 it reported profit before tax of S$13.1 billion and net profit of S$11.0 billion, down 3% because of the 15% global minimum tax.
Total income rose 3% to S$22.9 billion. In July 2026 DBS became the first Singapore company to pass S$200 billion in market value. In the first half of 2025, her first months in charge, net profit was flat at S$5.7 billion and total income rose 5% to S$11.6 billion.
