Lam Chee Kin

Group Management Committee

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Legal & Compliance

Managing Director & Head

Chee Kin is accountable for the team which manages DBS’ legal and regulatory risk across legal entities, segments and geographies. Prior to joining, he held various legal and compliance portfolios in Standard Chartered Bank, JPMorgan, Rajah & Tann and Allen & Gledhill, including a stint as Chief Operating Officer, South East Asia for JPMorgan.

A lawyer by profession, he has particular expertise in financial services regulation, and financial markets product and business structuring. He is particularly active with current trends in geopolitics, data and technology, which have given rise to new risks from impact to banking and payments, as well as new risks from changes in criminal behavior. At the same time, these trends birthed new opportunities in business, and in legal and compliance departments, in particular how developing multidisciplinary professionals utilising design skills and the technology can optimise productivity.

In 2025, Chee Kin was recognised by the Financial Times as one of the 20 most innovative General Counsel, globally, of the past 20 years.

Chee Kin currently serves on the Advisory Board to the Singapore Management University School of Law and the Advisory Panel to the NUS Centre for Banking and Finance Law.

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