SINGAPORE: Wee Cho Yaw, ex-chairman of Singapore’s United Overseas Bank Ltd who helped transform the lender into a regional powerhouse, has died at the age of 95, the bank said on Saturday.

Wee, Singapore’s eighth richest according to Forbes, oversaw UOB’s growth from a one-branch bank to a regional lender in 19 countries with assets of more than $253 billion at the time of his retirement as chairman in 2013, the lender said in a statement.