Selena is the Chief Economist for OCBC. As Global Head of OCBC Group Research, she leads a team that is responsible for macroeconomic insights, forecasts and trading recommendations for clients. The research coverage spans macroeconomics, foreign exchange, interest rates, corporate credit, equity and ESG. Under her leadership, OCBC’s research capabilities have been greatly valued by customers and highly ranked in surveys.
She is a member of the OCBC Wealth Panel for Singapore and Malaysia, and Vice President and council member for the Economic Society of Singapore. She also sits on the Advisory Board of College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) Board of Governors. She was conferred the IBF Fellow Award in Financial Markets in 2017. Her research writings has been extensively quoted and published by prominent media across print, television and radio.
Prior to joining OCBC in August 2000, Selena was with the Fiscal Policy Unit under the Ministry of Finance (MOF), and the Economics Department in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).