Kuala Lumpur, March 8 – With a commendable 44% of its management committee consisting of women, OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd is reiterating its emphasis on developing the growing talent pool of female managers in the company, paying special tribute to them in conjunction with International Women’s Day, celebrated worldwide on March 8.
According to Chief Executive Officer Ong Eng Bin the number of women in senior positions at the Bank has steadily increased over the years and now reached a healthy proportion.
“Clearly, the Bank has come a long way in recognising the strengths and contributions of women. The record high milestone of having eight women among our 18 management committee members is a telling statement about where we are in terms of female empowerment. This statistic is reflected also in the fact that about half of those in vice-president positions and above are women.
“We will continue to invest and harness the skills of all our employees with a continued focus on improving and acknowledging the role of our female colleagues,” he said.
The women in the management committee are Teoh Yin Meng (Chief Financial Officer), Doreen Keng (Chief Compliance Officer), Tan Ai Chin (Senior Banker and Head of Global Investment Banking & Corporate Development), Kok Lai Ching (Head of Human Resources), Ng Choi Foong (Head of Legal), Tan Ley Ley (Acting Head of Global Treasury), Chong Lee Ying (Head of Global Transaction Banking) and Mazhatulshima Mohd Zahid (Head of Audit).
Of OCBC Bank’s over 5,000 staff, 63% are women and 51% are at least vice-presidents.
Among the particular ways in which the Bank ensures the well-being of its female staff are the provision of lactation facilities to assist breastfeeding mothers at work, longer maternity leave of 90 days, flexible working hours and child subsidy programmes.
And as part of the overall OCBC Group effort to celebrate International Women’s Day, OCBC Group recently reached out to all staff from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China to encourage them to submit stories of women in their lives as part of its Inspiring Women, Empowering Women campaign. Thirty stories were selected to create an OCBC Mural Collage that was showcased at a recent roadshow in Singapore.
Last year, OCBC Bank was a recipient of the Aon Best Employers Award for Malaysia, a recognition bestowed by global consultancy Aon Hewitt.
In January, the Bank unveiled its Employer Brand with the tagline “We See You,” enshrining its commitment to see the best in each individual staff and live out the overarching tenets of being caring, progressive and delivering a difference.