DEBORAH LEERHSEN
Executive Vice President; Head of Global Banking
East West Bank
Deborah Leerhsen brings 25 years of global corporate and commercial banking business leadership to her role as head of global banking at East West Bank. Prior to her latest role as global head of client coverage for Commonwealth Bank (Market cap $165 billion), Leerhsen was deputy head of Asia & Oceania for Mizuho Bank and head of global banking for HSBC in Hong Kong. Leerhsen spent over 15 years as a senior coverage banker and account owner for HSBC’s largest institutional banking and markets clients in London and Hong Kong. She also led the commodity trade finance business in HSBC Singapore. She holds a degree in economics from the University of Chicago and completed the Board Directorship Program in 2015 at the University of Hong Kong.
