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Biography

Dylan Lee is a lawyer by training with 14 years in the legal profession and another 19 years in the banking industry. He began his career as an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore and Magistrate of the Subordinate Courts of Singapore. He subsequently entered private practice, specializing in commercial and banking litigation and arbitration, and rose to become senior partner at one of the leading law firms in Singapore.

In 2006, he joined DBS, a leading financial services group headquartered in Singapore. He started as the Head of Legal for Retail Banking, and shortly after took on additional responsibilities as Head of Legal for Wealth Management, Technology & Operations and South & Southeast Asia. He became DBS’ Group Head of Compliance in 2010, leading a global team of compliance officers covering the DBS Group across all geographies, entities and business lines. He later became DBS’ Group Head of Operational Risk, leading a global team of operational risk managers covering the DBS Group across all geographies, entities and business lines. He was also a member of the DBS Singapore Country Management from 2010 to 2017.

Dylan joined Citibank N.A. in 2017 as the Singapore Chief Country Compliance Officer & ASEAN Cluster Coordinator, and later took on the role of Singapore, Indonesia & Philippines Independent Compliance Risk Management Cluster Head. He was also a member of the Citibank Singapore and ASEAN Management Teams.

He moved to Mizuho Bank Ltd in July 2023 as the Chief Compliance Officer for Asia-Pacific.

Dylan read law at the National University of Singapore and Columbia University School of Law in New York, and was admitted to practice law in Singapore, New York and England & Wales. Dylan Lee is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. He has also completed the Asian Financial Leaders Programme (AFLP). The AFLP is a strategic initiative of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, to develop top talent in the financial sector to assume regional and global leadership positions in financial institutions.