{
  "id": 11067591,
  "title": "Blackstone’s Gautam Banerjee joins DBS board",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/blackstones-gautam-banerjee-joins-dbs-board",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-01T00:17:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/banking-finance/blackstones-gautam-banerjee-joins-dbs-board"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gautam Banerjee, the chairperson and senior managing director of Blackstone Singapore, has joined the boards of DBS Group Holdings and DBS Bank, effective immediately, according to the bank's announcement on Thursday (October 1). The Singaporean businessman previously spent over three decades with PricewaterhouseCoopers, culminating in his tenure as executive chairman of PwC Singapore from 2012 to 2012. Banerjee's career has been marked by extensive experience in governance, risk oversight, and long-term value creation, as acknowledged by DBS chairman Peter Seah. His previous roles encompass directorships at Singapore Airlines, Piramal Enterprises, and the Defence Science and Technology Agency, along with chairmanship of the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise.",
  "summary": "He currently serves on the boards of Singtel and GIC",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}