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DBS appoints Vivek Batra as global head of sales for transaction banking
Batra replaces Ken Stratton who has decided to go into semi-retirement after 32 years in banking.
DBS appoints Vivek Batra as global head of sales for transaction banking
Batra replaces Ken Stratton who has decided to go into semi-retirement after 32 years in banking.
Borromeo appointed Plantersbank President
Veteran banker leads Philippines’ largest lender to small and medium enterprises.
Standard Chartered appoints Margaret Harwood-Jones as global head for investors & intermediaries, sales
She will be based in Singapore.
Credit Suisse has new CEO
Neil Harvey has been appointed CEO, Hong Kong and Co-CEO, Greater China.
Ex-Shinhan execs get prison terms over embezzlement
Two former executives of the Shinhan Financial received suspended prison terms for embezzlement.
Abdullah appointed Maybank EVP
Mohd Suhail Amar Suresh Abdullah was appointed Maybank EVP & head of Virtual Banking & Payments. He was managing director of Malaysian Electronic Clearing Corporation Sdn Bhd (MyClear) prior to his appointment at Maybank.
Sukoriyanto appointed Mutiara bank chief
Shareholders of Mutiara Bank agreed to appoint Sukoriyanto Saputro as president director.
SWIFT has a new Chief Executive for Asia Pacific
Alain Raes will assume the new position in addition to his EMEA role.
BNP Paribas has new co-head for corporate finance
BNP Paribas SA has appointed Jwalant Nanavati to this position.
Maryono is new BTN President
Maryono will replace Iqbal Latanro as Bank Tabungan Negara president director for the period of 2012-2017.
Takaful Ikhlas Appoints New President Cum CEO
Takaful Ikhlas Sdn Bhd (Takaful Ikhlas), a financial protection service provider, has appointed Ab Latiff Bin
RBS appoints Joseph Braitsch as head of futures and options for AsiaPac
He will also head the Electronic Futures Execution team.
Cezar Consing is new BPI President
Career investment banker will take over on April 18, 2013.
Deutsche Bank appoints Dave Fuentebella as head of global transaction banking, Philippines
He will report to Asia Pacific head of GTB Lisa Robins.
Madan is new country chief for RBS Thailand
An ex-BAY executive is the new RBS country executive and head of international banking for Thailand.
Ekeren named new Bank of Ayudhya CEO
Janice Rae Van Ekeren will succeed Mark Arnold as CEO.
BNP Paribas appoints Madhu Gayer as head of investment reporting and performance
He will be based in Singapore.
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