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Wei Wei Ng

Chief Executive Officer

United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Berhad

Wei Wei Ng’s banking career brings regional trade-finance experience into country-level leadership. At UOB Malaysia, her progression has covered wholesale banking, deputy chief executive responsibilities and the CEO role.

Source published3 Jul 2026
Wei Wei Ng
Source image: Kepimpinan Malaysia
01 / BACKGROUND

Career & background

Before UOB, she spent more than thirteen years at HSBC, with roles in Malaysia and Hong Kong. These included Deputy Head of Commercial Banking, corporate country leadership and an Asia-Pacific international-countries remit in trade and receivables finance. Her experience also extends to liquidity and regional business development.

Source-reported experience7+ years at UOB Malaysia; previously 13+ years at HSBC.
02 / CONTRIBUTIONS

Areas of contribution

The UOB remit described in the source encompasses wholesale, retail and Islamic banking, digitalisation, risk and advice concerning foreign investment. Her earlier work connected corporate banking relationships with trade-finance services. The account describes client development and transformation responsibilities without publishing measured business outcomes.

03 / PERSPECTIVE

Leadership focus

Her professional focus brings customer needs together with responsible business growth. Digital banking capabilities and the development of teams are part of an operating remit that spans multiple banking segments.

04 / SOURCES & CONTEXT

The basis of this profile.

This profile brings together factual career information from publicly available sources. References and publication dates are provided below.

Kepimpinan Malaysia3 Jul 2026 · Read the original publication
Source notes

The seven-plus-year figure in the source concerns her overall UOB tenure across several positions. It should not be interpreted as seven years in the CEO role.

Professional details reflect the cited publication dates and may change. Third-party materials remain subject to their owners’ rights.