PRIMARY AUTHOR: KIM FUI LIEW
Senior Vice-President, Global Transaction Services, DBS Bank

Kim Fui Liew has almost 25 years of banking experience with specific expertise in trade finance activities. He is currently the Senior Vice-President of Global Transaction Services at DBS Bank. Mr Liew holds the position of Regional Trade Advisor in the same department and is involved in the management of the technicalities and training of trade finance, especially in the area of commodity and structured trade finance. Before his time at DBS Bank, he worked at Credit Agricole Indosuez, ABN AMRO Bank and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Mr Liew graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy from the University of Otago in New Zealand with Professional Examination passes for admittance to The New Zealand Society of Accountants.

ASSOCIATE AUTHOR: HIM CHUAN LIM
Managing Director and Group Head, Global Transaction Services, DBS Bank

Him Chuan Lim is the Managing Director and Group Head of Product Management for Global Transaction Services at DBS Bank. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic governance and management of product development, commercialisation and profitability of the cash management and trade finance business. Prior to this, Mr Lim was the Group Chief Operating Officer for the DBS Institutional Banking Group and International Markets; Head of Group Audit for DBS Bank; former Basel II Programme Director and Head of Group Operational Risk for DBS Bank.

Additionally, he has worked for corporations such as JP Morgan Singapore and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr Lim was a member of the National University of Singapore’s Risk Management Institute Industry Advisory Panel and was the former Chairman of the Association of Banks in Singapore’s Operational Risk Taskforce. Mr Lim holds a Bachelor degree in Accountancy with honours from the National University of Singapore. He has also been conferred the title of Singapore Institute of Banking and Finance Fellow.