About Lay Wah Lim

Lim Lay Wah joined UOB in October 2014 as MD and Global Head of Grp FI. She manages a capable team of more than 100 in FIG Relationship Coverage and Specialised Credit / Research & Analytics team globally. Her global FIG client coverage team in UOB manages relationship with Banks, Non-bank financial institutions (Sovereign Wealth Funds, Central Banks, Asset Managers, Insurance, Diversified Financials) and Global Property Funds and Financial Sponsors. Bringing with her more than two decades of experience in leading a high performing global relationship banking team in major global banks, she leads / drives end to end quality solutions for UOB’s global FIG Clients across all product segments from Investment Banking, Global Markets and Transactional Banking businesses. Lay Wah Lim spearheads UOB’s strategic direction in a highly dynamic Financial Institutions client space, driving business opportunities while balancing strong credit discipline with connectivity to UOB strong footprint in Asia, US, London and Australia. She is also a core Executive Committee member of the bank’s Asset and Liability Working Group (ALWG) and Senior Management Leadership team in UOB’s Group Wholesale Bank (GWB). Lay Wah’s expertise lies in her ability to build a strong talents, capable of developing senior quality relationships with both private and public sector clients leading to offer customized solutions for win-win synergic partnership between the clients and the bank, with cross sells into flow trade, cash management, Foreign Exchange, Global Rates, Gold bullion activities and risk management hedging activities. She also continues to transform and reshape the business in line with macro trends relevant to the focused clients business. She has successfully transformed GFIG UOB business with strong quality profitability of more than 30% CARG and with strong credit and operational risk management.