Jackson P. Tai
Former Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DBS Group Holdings Ltd and DBS Bank Ltd
Jackson P. Tai, former vice chairman and chief executive officer, DBS Group Holdings Ltd and DBS Bank Ltd, was elected to the Eli Lilly and Company board of directors in 2013.
In 1999, Tai joined DBS Group and DBS Bank (formerly the Development Bank of Singapore), one of the largest financial services groups in Asia, as chief financial officer. He served DBS as president and chief operating officer from 2001 to 2002, and as vice chairman and chief executive officer from 2002 to 2007.
From 1974 to 1999, Tai was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan & Co. While at J.P. Morgan, Tai established the firm’s Japan capital markets business, based in Tokyo; founded the firm’s global real estate investment banking business, based in New York; served as the firm’s senior officer for Asia Pacific, based in Tokyo; and served as the firm’s senior officer for the Western United States, based in San Francisco.
Tai received a Bachelor of Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1972 and an Master of Business Administration from Harvard University in 1974.
Tai serves as a non-executive director of Mastercard Incorporated, where he is chairman of the risk subcommittee, and of HSBC Holdings PLC, where he is chairman of the risk committee. In the nonprofit sector, Tai is a director of the Metropolitan Opera, a trustee of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a member of the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific advisory board.
