Boris Chan’s father used to run a record shop in Hong Kong when Boris was a teenager. It is because of the shop, he thinks, that he became interested in music. He even formed a band with colleagues where he plays the guitar. It is also because of the shop, he says, that once he got into banking, he chose to work with small businesses.
“Some view banks as only wanting to make money — that’s a definition I don’t like,” says Mr Chan, who oversees DBS Bank’s small and medium-sized businesses in the Greater Bay Area that includes Hong Kong, Macau and nine other cities in southern China. “Banks have a purpose and I want to make an impact.”
