David Ho (何慶源) | Independent Director

Board of Directors

David Ho

何慶源

Independent Director

DBS Group Holdings & DBS Bank

Mr. David Ho was appointed to the Board of Directors of DBS Group Holdings Ltd and DBS Bank Ltd. (the “Board”) on 26 April 2023. He is a member of each of the Audit Committee, the Board Sustainability Committee and the Compensation and Management Development Committee.David was previously a director of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, having stepped down on the same date he was appointed to the Board.David is Chairman and founder of Kiina Investment, a venture capital company that invests in startups in the technology, media and telecommunications industries, as well as Chairman of Kiina Ventures, Inc. He also serves as a member of the board of Sun Life Financial Inc. and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. He is also the Chief Fundraising Officer of Noval Inception Philanthropy.Prior to that, David had served as the Chairman of Greater China for Nokia Siemens Networks, President of Greater China for Nokia Corporation, and Senior Vice President of the Nokia Networks Business Group. He also held senior leadership roles with Nortel Networks and Motorola in China and Canada. In addition, he was a director of Pentair prior to the spinoff of nVent Electric; Triquent Semiconductor prior to its merger with R. F. Micro Devices to form Qorvo; China Ocean Shipping Company prior to its merger with China Shipping Group; as well as two Chinese state-owned enterprises China COSCO Shipping Corporation and China Mobile Communications Corporation.David holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a Master’s degree in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

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Asia’s Safest Bank, 2009 – 2024, Global Finance

Best Bank in the World 2022, Global Finance

World's Best Bank 2021, Euromoney

Best Bank in the World 2020, Global Finance

World's Best Bank 2019, Euromoney

Global Bank of the Year 2018, The Banker