Cheah Wee Leong is the Director of Investment Banking Training at the Asian Banking School and has more than 25 years’ experience working in the banking industry. He started his career at Citibank in 1993 before joining US management consultancy firm Accenture in 1997. At Accenture, he was involved in managing large bank merger-integration, process re-engineering and transformation projects. He has worked in projects in various countries including Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Mauritius and Saudi Arabia.
In 2003, Wee Leong joined CIMB as its Head of Operational Risk Management and led the implementation of the bank’s operational risk management and Basel 2 – Operational Risk framework. Subsequently, he assumed various senior roles in Regional Transaction Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury and Markets division, and Group CEO’s office at CIMB. His last role at CIMB was as Director, Group Strategy.