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Citi names Luke Lu as Citi China Commercial Bank head
He was previously the head of global corporate banking at MUFG Bank China.
Citi names Luke Lu as Citi China Commercial Bank head
He was previously the head of global corporate banking at MUFG Bank China.
Bank of East Asia chief executive David Li to retire
His sons, Adrian David Li Man-kiu and Brian David Li Man-kiu, will pick up in their father's stead.
HSBC names Kanakanjan Ray as Southeast Asia head of financial institutions group
He was previously the country head of financial institutions group.
Deutsche Bank names Burkhard Ziegenhorn as global transaction banking head of Southeast Asia
He was formerly the CEO of Deutsche Bank Nederland NV.
Citibank appoints Brendan Carney as Singapore CEO
He was previously the consumer business manager (CBM) for South Korea.
ICBC Standard Bank names Florent Darlet as Asia commodities structuring head
He previously served as Sberbank's managing director of structured products.
Deutsche Bank appoints Kaushik Shaparia as chief country officer for India
He currently serves as global head of subsidiary coverage.
ICBC names Chen Siqing as chairman: report
Chen has served as Bank of China’s chairman since August 2017. The world’s largest bank by assets, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has reportedly tapped Bank of China (BoC) chairman Chen Siqing as its new head, sources told Reuters. The new chairman, who headed BoC since August 2017, will have to steady ICBC’s profitability as the Chinese economy slows, threatening a spike in bad loans. In October-December, ICBC saw no quarterly profit growth for the first time since 2016. The appointment is still pending regulatory, shareholder and board approvals, said one of the sources. The last ICBC chairman, Yi Huiman, was appointed as the head of China Securities Regulatory Commission. Here’s more from Reuters.
JPMorgan appoints Takenori Yoneda as head of corporate banking
Ha started his stint in the bank back in 2011.
JPMorgan names Paul Uren as APAC investment banking co-head
He previously served as senior country officer in Australia and New Zealand.
DBS poaches former Bank of Singapore private banker
Lee Woon Shiu will be responsible for leading the bank's wealth planning, family office and insurance business.
Credit Suisse names Josephine Yap as head of Philippine representative office
She previously headed private wealth countryside at Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company.
NAB names Philip Chronican as next chairman
He will also serve as interim group CEO for the bank.
MAS unveils changes to senior management team
Edward Robinson and Chia Der Jiun will assume deputy managing director positions.
Philippine budget secretary Benjamin Diokno named as new central bank governor
He will be serving the remainder of Espenilla’s six-year term which will end by 2023.
Citi appoints Rajat Madhok as APAC head of Citi Commercial Bank
Rajat formerly headed the APAC mid corporates team at CCB.
MUFG appoints Calvin Nguyen as director and head of global corporate banking in Vietnam
He was the previous global banking country head in Vietnam International Bank.
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