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Prof TAN Kah Chye

CEO of CCR Partners Ex-Chairman

Adjunct Professor at ZIBS

Prof TAN is a founder of CCR Partners. CCR Partners provides debt placement and corporate finance advisory platform for corporates and institution clients to assess its network of member banks and NBFIs that number more than 100 across more than 30 countries.

Today, Prof TAN also serves as a board member and advisor for a select number of global organizations:

  • Independent director of NETS Singapore – Singapore’s leading payments financial technology company
  • Independent director of Banking Computer Services – Singapore’s operator of PayNow, FAST, Scan-to-Pay, etc
  • Chair of Enterprise Singapore’s Financial Advisory Group – an advisory group that advises on financing solutions for and needs of Singapore companies
  • Chair of Singapore Standards Council‘s Trade Committee – a committee that creates standards for cross border and domestic trade
  • Member of Singapore’s Future Economy Council – a committee that advices Singapore on financing eco-system
  • Member of Singapore-Chongqing Financial Advisory Group – a committee that advises Singapore and Chongqing financing eco-system


During the tenure of Prof TAN’s career, he also served on different international organizations, namely:

  • Chair of Paris based ICC Banking Commission – a leading industry body for the establishment of trade standards and policies
  • Member of Geneva based WTO Financing Advisory Group – a WTO committee that provides global financial advice for the promotion of world trade
  • Member of Belgium based Swift’s Trade Services Advisory Group – a Swift committee that provides trade financing advices to SWIFT
  • Founding Director of Singapore based ICC Academy – led the creation of ICC Academy based in Singapore to provide industry leading business education using digital platforms
  • Independent director of London based Falcon Group – a global inventory management company


Prof TAN’s banking career spans across Singapore, London and Frankfurt covering the following key appointments:

  • Vice Chairman of Barclays Corporate Bank – London
  • Global Head of Corp Cash and Trade for Standard Chartered Bank – Singapore
  • Asia Pacific Head of Deustche Bank Trade – Singapore
  • Head for Deutsche Banking FI Trade Insourcing – Frankfurt
  • JPM Chase MNC Corporates Relationship Mgmt – Singapore
  • Citibank’s SME Banking Relationship Mgmt – Singapore