Helen Wong

Helen Wong started her career in 1984 as a management trainee at OCBC, Singapore’s second-largest bank. Nearly four decades later, OCBC named her its CEO, making her the first woman to run a Singaporean bank. In between, Wong scaled the ranks at HSBC, ultimately serving as CEO of Greater China. OCBC is thriving, thanks in part to the massive flows of wealth into Singapore, and in 2023, reported a record net profit of $5.2 billion.