Tracey Woon Kim Hong

Independent Director at United Overseas Bank

Mrs Woon was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2021 and was last re-elected as a Director on 21 April 2022. She is the Chairman of the Remuneration and Human Capital Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee and Board Risk Management Committee.

A career banker with more than 40 years of investment banking experience, she held various senior management positions at international financial institutions overseeing corporate finance matters ranging from equity fund raising and debt offerings to public company takeovers. She was the Vice Chairman, Asia Pacific Global Wealth Management of UBS AG from 2016 to 2020 where she was responsible for some of UBS’ largest clients. She also led the UBS’ Women Initiative in Asia Pacific. Prior to joining UBS, she was the Vice Chairman of Citibank ASEAN Corporate and Investment Banking encompassing corporate banking and investment banking for Southeast Asia and a board member of Citibank Singapore Limited, the retail and consumer arm of Citibank NA in Singapore.

Currently, she is a director of National University Health System and a member of the Securities Industry Council, Investment Board of GIC and the Listing Advisory Committee of the Singapore Exchange and a council member of the Singapore Red Cross. She was formerly a director of Singapore Press Holdings.

Mrs Woon graduated with Bachelor of Law (Hons) from the National University of Singapore.

She was conferred the IBF Distinguished Fellow Award by the Institute of Banking and Finance in 2016.

Timeline

  • Independent Director

    Current role