Lung Nien Lee has been appointed chairman of South Asia at Citi Private Bank, effective September 1. To be based in Singapore, Lee will report to Steven Lo, Asia-Pacific head of Citi Private Bank, and Amol Gupte, Asean head and Citi country officer for Singapore.
Lee, who took up his current role of chief executive at Citi Malaysia in 2014, has more than 30 years of experience at Citi. Before Malaysia, he served as co-head of corporate sales and structuring for markets and securities services, chief operating officer for Singapore and AML business head of Asia Pacific.
Lee is a qualified fellow chartered banker and an active board member of several organizations including the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers and the Singapore Dance Theatre. He is also president of Motor Sports Singapore, the governing body of motor sports in Singapore.