DBS Group Chairman Koh Boon Hwee (C) waits outside the DBS headquarters in Singapore for the funeral cortege of Chief Executive Richard Stanley to pass April 13, 2009. Stanley died on Saturday and Southeast Asia's biggest banking group said it will continue to be run by Koh while the board develops a succession plan. Stanley, 48, an American who previously headed Citigroup's China operation, joined DBS in May last year. He had been suffering from leukemia and died after contracting an infection. Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

DBS Group Chairman Koh Boon Hwee (C) waits outside the DBS headquarters in Singapore for the funeral cortege of Chief Executive Richard Stanley to pass April 13, 2009. Stanley died on Saturday and Southeast Asia's biggest banking group said it will continue to be run by Koh while the board develops a succession plan. Stanley, 48, an American who previously headed Citigroup's China operation, joined DBS in May last year. He had been suffering from leukemia and died after contracting an infection.

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