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Originally Posted by Unregistered
the FT policy in Singapore was a huge concerted effort started many years back. remember all the foreign CEOs hired to run our biggest companies including DBS, OCBC, NOL, etc? (though DBS hinted an about turn recently when peter seah said the next ceo "should preferably be from within the bank, somebody home-grown within the bank.") |
Peter Seah wasn't any good as a CEO when he ran
OUB, but he has a big ego so he may be comparing himself to Piyush Gupta and saying to himself (although few would agree) that he would have been as good. Most people in the local banking circles would hold my opinion. Having said that, at least he knows "something" about banking compared to Koh Boon Hwee, who had an even bigger ego, but was completely ineffective as DBS' Chairman because he was the famous local boy who knew nothing about running a bank.