Liengseng Wee

Banker, strategy consultant, risk management practitioner, and board director, Lieng-Seng WEE has over 25 years of experience with Paribas, Bankers Trust, Booz Allen & Hamilton, and other consulting firms. After graduating second in his class from the Wharton School with an MBA with distinction, Wee joined Booz Allen in NY, went on to become a managing director at Bankers Trust in New York and a partner at several consulting firms. The National University of Singapore valedictorian has lived and worked in both Singapore and the United States.

Wee co-founded Dragonfly LLC in 2000. The New York based firm provides hands-on strategy, risk management and investment advice for boards, CEOs, CFOs, business and risk heads in US, Europe, Middle East and Asia – covering all sectors, corporate, financials and governments.

Prior to founding Dragonfly, Wee was a partner at The Capital Markets Company (Capco), an international financial solutions firm where he built and ran the global risk and shareholder value practice. Based in NY, Wee developed the strategy, built the team, led intellectual capital development and managed client relationships and delivery.

As a partner of Capital Markets Risk Advisors, a capital markets strategy and risk management consulting firm in NY, Wee advised financial institutions on risk and capital policies, and developed risk management methodologies and infrastructure. He also worked on product and business strategies for capital markets players.

As managing director of Bankers Trust, Wee was instrumental in building and running the firm’s global risk management function, which was an industry pioneer and leader. He helped shape industry regulation and practices through his work in the Group of Thirty, ISDA, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, NY Federal Reserve Bank, BIS, OCC and other regulators. Wee regularly met with investors, analysts, ratings agencies and regulators globally on risk, capital and shareholder value issues.

Wee co-founded Bankers Trust’s Risk Management Advisory business to serve BT’s corporate clients. In 1995, he co-authored “RAROC and Risk Management”, a highly regarded and pioneering work on the state-of-the-art principles and methodology in risk management.

Also at Bankers Trust, Wee built and ran an internal management consulting group focused on strategy issues such as developing a turnaround plan, a global client marketing program, an EVA/SVA methodology and a Balanced Scorecard. Wee also worked on a corporate-wide strategic review and a client franchise building program.

At Booz Allen & Hamilton in NY, a global management consulting firm, Wee managed strategy engagements for US clients. He consulted on business line valuation, acquisitions, divestitures and business portfolio restructurings for large corporate clients, conglomerates and financial institutions.

At Paribas, Wee evaluated and structured loans, Eurocurrency financings and syndications for sovereigns and corporates in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. With Paribas in New York, he worked on interest rate and currency swaps.

Companies

• Board Director, Chair Nomination & Remuneration Committees GuocoLand Group (2021)
• Investor Committee - Mapletree US Logistics Private Trust (MUSLOG) Mapletree (2021)
• Advisory Board Member NUS Business School (2021)
• Senior Fellow The Wharton School (2013)
• CEO and Co-Founder Dragonfly, LLC (2000)
• Adjunct Professor Columbia University in the City of New York (2018 — 2019)
• Post-EMBA, Lecturer Peking University (2013 — 2015)
• Adjunct Professor Singapore Management University (2004 — 2015)
• Board Director Asia Now Resources (TSX: V-NOW) (2010 — 2011)

Education

• Corporate Director Certificate Harvard Business School
• MBA with Distinction, Salutatorian University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Valedictorian National University of Singapore