In the DCC election run-up Mr Ong made many extraordinary claims including listed credentials on his website  https://www.benong.nz>meet-ben   that “I held Vice President and Associate Director roles at leading global banks- Royal Bank of Canada, Rabobank International, UOB Bank and Bank Sarasin-Rabo…” 
That is all I have recorded as a screenshot because Mr Ong’s site has only shown “Maintenance mode is on” since he was elected as a Councillor.
Despite many searches my many people including journalists from the Otago Daily Times, there is no evidence that Mr Ong ever been a Vice President of any leading Global Bank as he has claimed.

Today I have had the following confirmation from David Johnston of Rabobank NZ that in addition to his information that “Our records show that Benedict Ong was employed by Rabobank Singapore in the Mergers and Acquisitions team from 2007 to 2010.” that Rabobank Singapore HR confirmed “a Benedict Alvin Ong was employed as an Associate Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions team from 2007 to 2010.” Mr Ong’s claim that he held Vice President and Associate Director roles at Rabobank International, a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company [Wikipedia] remains unverified, but it is now established that he did hold an Associate Director role in one of over a hundred Rabobanks worldwide, this one in Singapore.

If Mr Ong can produce independent evidence that he held a Vice President role at any leading global bank – Royal Bank of Canada, Rabobank International, UOB Bank, or Bank Sarasin Rabo…  as he has claimed on his now inaccessible website, I will sincerely apologise to him for questioning his Vice President of leading Global Bank credentials.
Having established that Mr Ong’s work experience did include at least some much lower level banking experience, I still welcome Cr Ong as a new DCC Councillor and as one of the few Mayoral candidates to raise the issue of DCC Billion dollar debt during the election, which he also claims to have a secret solution to.