The new global products head comes over from UBS, where he had a number of senior roles over a career spanning a quarter of a century.

Bank of Singapore has appointed Lim Leong Guan as its new global head of products with immediate effect. He reports to the chief executive, Bahren Shaari and replaces Marc Van de Walle who resigned in April.

Lim will lead Bank of Singapore’s product strategy and be responsible for the expansion and innovation of the bank’s offerings across areas such as investment research and strategy, portfolio management, lending structuring and advisory, and wealth planning and trust.

Concurrently, Lim will be OCBC Bank’s head of group wealth products.

Prior to joining Bank of Singapore, Lim had senior management responsibilities in various roles at UBS Wealth Management, where he was most recently the Asia-Pacific head of wealth planning and Singapore head of investment products and services. 

During his 25-year stint with the Swiss bank, he played pivotal roles in developing product strategy across Asia Pacific and establishing product platforms in Taiwan, Japan and China.

“Over the last decade, Bank of Singapore has built a reputation as Asia’s Global Private Bank anchored on the strengths of our global research and advisory capabilities, as well as the ability to avail a wide range of investment solutions through our strong open architecture platform,” Shaari said. “That said, we recognise that we cannot rest on our laurels and are constantly looking for strategic talent to enhance our value proposition.”

Bank of Singapore recently issued new financial figures for the first three months of this year.