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Westpac picks Simon Power as Head of Private Bank
The outgoing Cabinet Minister eyed to bring an array of skills and experience to the position.
Westpac picks Simon Power as Head of Private Bank
The outgoing Cabinet Minister eyed to bring an array of skills and experience to the position.
Westpac appoints Tony MacRae as Head of third party distribution
MacRae expected to bring strategy, sales management and specialist knowledge in distribution business to the unit.
Foong to lead strategy and change at Maybank
The Maybank group announced the appointment of Michael Foong Seong Yew as its chief strategy and transformation officer.
UBS appoints Mike Stewart as global head of equities
Mr Stewart steps in after the resignations of Francois Gouws and Yassine Bouhara as co-heads of Global Equities.
Maybank names Michael Foong Seong Yew as Chief Strategy Officer
The ex-managing director of Accenture PLC’s management is tasked to oversee the group’s corporate development office.
Group CEO Oswald J. Grübel resigns from UBS
Sergio P. Ermotti will take up the position of Group CEO on an interim basis.
UBS names Edmund Koh as CEO Singapore wealth management unit
Koh has twenty years experience in financial services including reorganision of Ta Chong Bank.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia appoints 2 senior executives
The lender gave weight to Grahame Petersen’s strong strategic skills and Annabel Spring’s extensive global banking markets and wealth management experience.
Westpac appoints Peter Hanlon, as group executive transformation & productivity
Christine Parker will take over group executive human resources post vacated by Hanlon.
HSBC appoints David May as head of equity research in Asia Pac
Chris Georgs was also appointed as global head of equity research.
Hong Leong Bank names Sanjay Uppal as chief financial officer
Uppal previously worked in StanChart as the CFO in its Taiwan, the Philippines and the UAE offices.
Mark McCombe resigns as Hang Seng Bank director
Mr McCombe's resignation as non-executive director was effective from September 9.
Anita Fung appointed CEO of HSBC Hong Kong
HSBC announced that the bank's Group General Manager Anita Fung has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Hong Kong, effective 12 Sept. 2011, reports Xinhua News.
Union Bank of India names Shri Suresh Kumar Jain as director
The banker will hold post from Sep 01, 2011 tol May 31, 2014.
JP Morgan Treasury Services appoints Southeast Asia and Australia senior executives
Abdul Raof Latiff, Hooi Ching Wong, and Nadia Schiavon are expected to strengthen the company’s ASEAN team.
ANZ names Monica Chang loans syndication director
Chang is tasked to help the bank cover the Taiwanese market in greater depth.
Citi appoints Gary Kuo as vice chairman of Asia Global Banking
He will be reporting to Farhan Faruqui, regional Head of Global Banking.
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