Michael Chung

Managing Director, Head of Engineering @ Bank of Singapore, Asia's Global Private Bank

About

Leader. Culture carrier. Change maker. A strong technical, commercial and professional background in technology innovation and a proven track record of delivering strategic value to organisations, customers and shareholders through meaningful digital transformation. 20+ years of broad and deep industry experience in building end-to-end, highly distributed, and extensible digital platforms for MNCs. Highly focused on building digital factories of the modern era and enabling the efficient creation and distribution of digital products and experiences that are crucial to the new economy. Stakeholder and outcome centric: 1. Organization (talent) - provide a common, extensible platform that drives engineering effectiveness and excellence 2. Customers - deliver a robust, performant and scalable platform that accelerates time-to-market and provides a first-rate digital experience 3. Shareholders (investors) - enable a highly optimized and elastic cloud-based platform that delivers economies of scale and superior returns on investment. Specializing in AI-enablement, software development, cloud & legacy platforms, cloud-native architecture, full project life-cycle management, strategic vendor relationship management, as well as financial/operational and transformational programme management. Champion of AI-forward, Agile, DevOps and SRE methodologies and standards, having led complex projects involving re-engineering processes, implementation of Agile/SRE best practices, and driving digital transformation to future proof large scale organizations. Recognised as a culture carrier with a reputation of breaking down barriers and bringing people together, improving company culture and communicating in a clear, concise and thoughtful manner to engage and influence all levels of the organisation. Skills • Technical: Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS and GCP), Container Runtimes (Kubernetes, Pivotal Cloud Foundry), Enterprise Software Development (Java, Python, SQL), Web (REST-based microservices, Spring), Agile Project Management (Scrum & Kanban), Lean product management (objective/time horizon-based roadmaps), DevOps (scripting, automated testing, CI/CD, Site Reliability Engineering), Databases (Relational - PostgreSQL/Sybase/etc, NoSQL - MongoDB/ElasticSearch), Data Science/AI, SDLC • Functional: Insurance, Capital Markets, Financial Reporting, Market Risk, Enterprise Systems and Quality Assurance. • Languages: English (Native), Cantonese (Intermediate), Mandarin (Basic), Japanese (Basic)

Country

Singapore

City

Singapore

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Agile Leadership, Kubernetes, Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Microsoft Azure, Business Strategy, Insurance, Infrastructure as code (IaC), Vendor Management, Cloud Computing, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Java, Business Analysis, Shell Scripting, Software Development, Machine Learning, Agile Methodologies, Project Management, Investment Banking, Risk Management

Experience

Managing Director, Head of Engineering

Bank of Singapore, Asia’s Global Private Bank

2024-11 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Singapore

Serving as the Head of Engineering at Bank of Singapore and Group Wealth at OCBC, I develop and execute the technology vision and strategy that align with our goal of being the top Asian private bank and wealth management partner. I lead a talented team of 300+ engineers dedicated to driving innovation and enhancing our private banking and wealth management solutions, including trading, advisory, core banking and our risk and compliance systems, via direct to client, RM-assisted and internal channels. I'm accountable for fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement, empowering my teams to push boundaries and ultimately deliver exceptional outcomes for our customers, shareholders and talent. From engineering robust digital platforms to implementing strategic initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, our mission is to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.

Chief Technology Officer, HSBC Life

HSBC

2023-6 - 2024-11 · 1 yr 6 mos

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Served as HSBC Life’s (HSBC’s Global Insurance Business) Chief Technology Officer. Responsible for 450+ engineers and US$50M budget. Drove engineering excellence and solutions to future proof the business.

Head of Cloud and Reliability Engineering (Asia)

Manulife

2018-12 - 2023-2 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Hong Kong

Served as member of Asia regional technology leadership team. Spearheaded development and implementation of digital delivery platform and cloud-native roadmap to drive company’s digital transformation journey across all business lines, mentoring 30+ engineers, serving 500+ developers for tens of thousands of customers across insurance and asset management business.

Head of Software Quality Engineering (Asia), Core Engineering

Goldman Sachs

2017-8 - 2018-12 · 1 yr 5 mos

Hong Kong SAR

Headed execution of firm’s software delivery and datafication capabilities across all capital markets and IBD in 8+ countries as key Asia member of global core leadership group.

Head of Product/Digital Transformation (Asia), Platform Technology

Goldman Sachs

2014-8 - 2017-7 · 3 yrs

Hong Kong SAR

Steered region-wide evaluation, adaptation, and adoption of core firmwide systems and programs across 10 offices, 15+ departments, and 500+ engineers. Led digitization of manual workflows across several departments for time and cost savings.

Head of DevOps/SRE (Asia), Financial Engineering

Goldman Sachs

2011-3 - 2014-7 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Hong Kong SAR

Managed Finance Engineering divisions Asia Pacific infrastructure and IT operations, including 20+ systems spanning 100+ servers, training and mentoring 3 DevOps/SRE Engineers.

Lead Market Risk Software Engineer (HK), Market Risk Technology

Goldman Sachs

2009-2 - 2011-2 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Hong Kong SAR

Directed implementation of sophisticated model-based risk measures (Greeks, Stress Testing, and VaR) to manage risks across firm inventory positions, guiding three developers and coordinating with market risk management and front office technology and strategists.

Financial Reporting Software Engineer, Financial Engineering

Goldman Sachs

2005-9 - 2009-3 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Tokyo, Japan

Software and Data Engineer

Qantas

2002-2 - 2005-8 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Sydney, Australia

Engineered various web application and services including portal for travel agencies, portal for local sales team using web frameworks (spring)/J2EE and datawarehousing reporting as core developer and data engineer, respectively