Lim Cheng Teck

Lim Cheng Teck ("Mr Lim") was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Bank Berhad on 28 November 2018. He also serves as a Member of the Board Credit Committee and Board Risk Committee.

He holds a Master of Business Administration from Brunel University, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore.

Mr Lim was the Regional Chief Executive Officer for ASEAN at Standard Chartered Bank. He first joined Standard Chartered Bank in 1988 and has held various roles within the bank’s Corporate and Institutional Banking Division before being appointed as the Chief Operating Officer for Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd in 2005. In 2006, he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Ltd. He returned to China in 2009 to take up the role of Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd. He has served on several Standard Chartered Bank subsidiary boards notably as the Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank (Mauritius) Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank (Thailand) Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Ltd, the Deputy Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank (Malaysia) Ltd and the President Commissioner of PT Bank Permata, Indonesia. He has also served as a Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Ltd.

He has previously served as a Director on the Boards of Clifford Capital Pte Ltd and Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, a Governor of Singapore International Foundation and a Council Member of the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore and Singapore National Employers Federation. Additionally, he was the Chairman of Overseas Financial Service Commission, China Chamber of Commerce, the Vice Chairman of the Association of Banks Singapore and a Member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Financial Centre Development Committee. Having served in the banking arena for over 28 years, Mr Lim retired from Standard Chartered Bank in April 2016 and continued as a senior advisor on a non-executive role till April 2017. Further, he had a short stint of service as the Chief Executive Officer of Pontiac Land Group from March 2017 to May 2018.

Currently, he sits on the Advisory Board of Sim Kee Boon Institute of Financial Economics, Singapore Management University as well as the Boards of Minterest Holdings Pte Ltd and Bright Vision Community Hospital, Singapore.