Thu Thuy Le
Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Directors
SeABank
Le Thu Thuy was Chief Executive Officer of Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank, stock code: SSB) for the last 5 years, who has driven the Bank towards the retail banking model, focusing on digitalization and customer-centric strategies. From July 2022, Ms. Thuy plays the role of Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, taking responsibility of the overall development strategies of the Bank.
Highlighted Awards
- Led SeABank towards the modern retail banking model.
- Focused on digitalization, improvement of customer experience and human resource development.
- Enhanced the core values with great emphasis on customer-centric and community orientation.
- Developed strategic cooperation with leading domestic enterprises and international financial institutions.
- Some highlighted achievements under her leadership: Moody’s long-term credit rating of B1 for 4 consecutive years (2019-2022) with Positive outlook; Completing Basel II before deadline; Establishing exclusive life bancassurance partnership with Prudential; One of the leading banks to implement and apply Basel III; Building relationship and obtaining funding packages and investments from world-class financial organizations like IFC and DFC, etc.
- Remarkable growth of SeABank under the leadership of Ms. Thuy (2018-2022): Total assets increased from VND 141 trillion to VND 230 trillion; charter capital increased from VND 7,688 billion to VND 19,809 billion; profit before tax increased from VND 622 billion to VND 4,866 billion; network expanded to nearly 180 branches and transaction points across 29 regions, etc.
Ms. Thuy was awarded with two bachelor’s degrees from the US. Prior to joining SeABank, she had worked with several international financial institutions in the United States.
Ms. Thuy was honored to receive the Certificate of Merit of Emulation Fighter 2021 (State Bank of Vietnam), the Certificate of Merit of Good achievements in prevention and control of Covid-19 in 2020 (Vietnam General Confederation of Labor), Certificate of Merit by Viet Nam’s Prime Minister for her great contribution to national construction progress in 2013 and be recognized as Excellent Banker by the State Bank of Viet Nam for her outstanding contribution to the banking industry from 2009 to 2011.
She was also named as one of the ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs 2020 by ASEAN BAC, the Best Banking CEO Vietnam 2019 by Finance Derivative, the Successful Leader who works in an innovative, knowledgeable and systematic manner by The World Confederation of Business 2019, the Best Emerging CEO Bank Viet Nam 2018 by International Finance Magazine, the Legacy Award 2017 by ASEAN BAC, Top 10 Outstanding Young Female Entrepreneurs of the Next Generation 2015 by Forbes Viet Nam, The ASEAN Women Entrepreneur 2017 by AWEN, The Promising Young Banker in Viet Nam 2017 by The Asian Banker, the Best Young Banking Leader - Viet Nam 2014 by the Global Banking & Finance Review (UK), etc.