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Rabobank appoints Allard Voûte as manager for International Desks Singapore and Representative Markets
Rabobank International announced the appointment of Mr. Allard Voûte as Manager for International Desks Singapore and Representative Markets.
Rabobank appoints Allard Voûte as manager for International Desks Singapore and Representative Markets
Rabobank International announced the appointment of Mr. Allard Voûte as Manager for International Desks Singapore and Representative Markets.
StanChart names Lim Cheng Teck as CEO for ASEAN markets
Standard Chartered Bank announced the appointment of Lim Cheng Teck as the CEO for its ASEAN markets. The appointment is effective 1st May 2014.
Deutsche Bank appoints Kunardy D. Lie as chief country officer, Indonesia
Deutsche Bank announced the appointment of Kunardy Lie as Chief Country Officer, Deutsche Bank, Indonesia effective immediately. He takes over from Suresh Narang as Chief Country Officer for Indonesia, who retired from the Bank at the end of March 2014. Mr Lie will report to Gunit Chadha and Alan Cloete, Co-Chief Executive Officers, Asia Pacific and members of the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG.
Zhang Wencai named vice president of the Asian Development Bank
Currently with China’s Ministry of Finance.
HSBC appoints Woei Kuen Yeo as head of commodities and structured trade finance, Singapore
HSBC announced the appointment of Woei Kuen Yeo as Head of Commodities and Structured Trade Finance (CSTF), Singapore.
HSBC appoints Simon Babbage as head of payments and cash management in Australia
HSBC has appointed Simon Babbage to the role of Head of Payments and Cash Management for HSBC in Australia where he will be responsible for delivering global cash and liquidity management services and products to corporates and financial institutions.
Pornchai Padmindra appointed Senior Executive Vice President of CIMB Thai Bank PCL
He is also Head of the Wholesale Banking Group.
Citi names Peter Yeung investment banking director
Yeung will be based in Hong Kong.
Diane Ferguson named Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions at Mizuho
Will build the bank's financial institutions group practice.
Jiro Seguchi named sole head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch investment banking
Seguchi, currently co-head of Asia Pacific Global Corporate & Investment Banking (GCIB), the company’s investment banking business in Asia Pacific, will move from Tokyo to Hong Kong, said Reuters.
Taswin Zakaria named president director of Bank Internasional Indonesia
Chosen for his deep knowledge of Indonesia’s business environment.
Arundhati Bhattacharya to be named CEO of State Bank of India
Will be first woman CEO of India’s largest lender.
Citigroup appoints Valentin Garger as head of financial institutions group
Formerly managing director of the financial institutions group in Europe.
Mirza Adityaswara named Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia
He’s an “outsider” in Indonesia’s central bank.
Meet Barclays' new global client solutions team headed by Louise Taylor
Barclays continues to invest in its global Financial Institutions team with the launch of a dedicated global Client Solutions team. The global Client Solutions team will be responsible for identifying and delivering solutions for financial institutions and their customers, bringing together multiple product sets and coordinating across business divisions at Barclays to optimise value and experience for FI clients. The team will take a holistic view to client planning, offering an end-to-end solution rather than focusing on an individual products basis.
Joey Bermudez named President of Philippine Veterans Bank
Wants to transform bank into a 'game-changer'.
BAML appoints Percy Batliwalla as global head of sales for large corporates and FIs
Below is a message from Paul Simpson, head of Global Transaction Services:
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