Former OCBC CEO Helen Wong’s 2025 pay fell 6.3 percent to S$12 million as the bank’s earnings eased from the year before, according to The Business Times.

Wong retired as Group CEO at the end of 2025 with Tan Teck Long taking over as Group CEO from 1 January 2026.

Her pay came in below the S$12.8 million she received in FY2024 as OCBC’s net profit fell to S$7.42 billion from S$7.59 billion a year earlier.

Her remuneration package included a S$1.2 million base salary, S$6.3 million in cash bonus, about S$4.2 million in deferred shares, and S$323,000 in other benefits.

OCBC still generated record income of S$14.6 billion in FY2025, up 1 percent from a year earlier, despite the drop in net profit.

Higher fee income helped offset margin pressure, with non-interest income rising 16 percent to S$5.46 billion and wealth management fees up 33 percent.

The bank has proposed a final ordinary dividend of S$0.42 per share and a special dividend of S$0.16 per share.

With the interim dividend of S$0.41, total dividends for FY2025 reached S$0.99 per share, representing a 60 percent payout ratio.

OCBC also said it remains on track to complete its S$2.5 billion capital return plan, comprising special dividends and share buybacks, by the end of FY2026.

Wong’s FY2025 pay was in line with UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong’s S$12 million package, while DBS CEO Tan Su Shan received S$9.6 million in her first year as CEO.

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