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Mastermind of Japan’s quantitative easing to continue drafting monetary policy.

He replaces Guy Harvey-Samuel effective 18 March 2013.

Mr Harvey-Samuel takes over from Alex Hungate.

Yeo has nearly 20 years of experience.

Mark Kumarasinhe joins as Managing Director of North Asia.

Jeremy joined the bank on March 1 and is based in Hong Kong.

Appointment takes effect April 1. Noboyuki Hirano, 61, will take over leadership of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan’s largest financial group, as the group expands overseas and has made several important acquisitions. He will replace Katsunori Nagayasu. Hirano spent over a decade in the United States and is a fluent English speaker, a rare trait among Japanese bank executives. MUFG, which has US$26 billion in assets, has taken advantage of its solid financial base to build loans overseas as European lenders shrink their assets. It ranked No. 1 among global project finance mandated arrangers in 2012. MUFG runs two investment banking joint ventures with Morgan Stanley in Japan, competing with industry heavy weights Nomura Holdings and Daiwa Securities Group Inc.  

He reports to Arun Murthy, Global Head of Commodities.

He will report to Jon Scoffin, Head of Research - Asia Pacific.

Check out who the other appointees are in Asia Pacific.

Asian Development Bank president Haruhiko Kuroda has emerged as the leading contender.

Martin Tricaud has been appointed chief executive officer of HSBC Korea.

Victor Choi was also promoted to head of markets and investment solutions in Asia.

He reports to Mr Marc Van de Walle, Global Head of Products.

See who will be leading which department.

HSBC has appointed Manveen Pam Kaur as Group Head of Internal Audit effective April 1.