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Bank of Singapore names Rajeev De Mello as CIO
He will report to global head of products, Marc Van de Walle.
Bank of Singapore names Rajeev De Mello as CIO
He will report to global head of products, Marc Van de Walle.
Westpac appoints Craig Bright as chief information officer
He previously served as chief technology officer of Citigroup's global consumer bank unit.
Citi appoints Beibei Lei as head of banking and origination for Belt and Road
She has been with Citi for nearly two decades.
ING Bank appoints Yuanyuan Liu as branch manager of ING Bank Beijing and head of corporate clients in China
She was previously the Beijing branch manager and head of Corporate Banking Coverage of North China at Deustche Bank.
MUFG Bank appoints Manoj Bhatia as head of global subsidiary banking for Asia & Oceania
He will head the team developing multinational client portfolios for 13 regional markets.
Credit Suisse names Andy Tan as head of syndicate for Southeast Asia
He will report to Sergio Morita, head of AFG syndication & distribution.
OCBC appoints Melvyn Low as head of global transaction banking
He was previously ASEAN and Singapore head of treasury and trade solutions at Citibank N.A.
MUFG Bank (Malaysia) Berhad appoints Goh Kiat Seng as executive vice president and co-head of global corporate banking in Malaysia
Goh joined the bank on 12 July from Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia.
Standard Chartered appoints Vishu Ramachandran as group head of retail banking
He was previously COO for consumer banking since 2012.
DBS appoints Teck Long Tan as chief risk officer
He has been with the bank for 25 years.
ABN AMRO reveals Asia Pacific appointments in trade & commodity finance
Eugene Ganchev is the new Asia Pacific head of trade & commodity finance, whilst Gregory Vandeler is Asia Pacific head of agri-commodities & TCF coverage.
BNP Paribas Securities Services appoints Diana Senanayake as head of Singapore
She will report to Philippe Benoit, head of Asia Pacific, and Pierre Veyres, CEO for Singapore.
JPMorgan Chase appoints Mark Leung as CEO in China
This follows the bank's plans to further grow its onshore business capabilities in China.
Maybank names John Chong as new group CEO of community financial services
He will replace Datuk Lim Hong Tat who will retire on 18 July 2018.
RHB Banking Group appoints Omar Siddiq as head of group wholesale banking
He will report to group managing director, Dato’ Khairussaleh Ramli.
CFO Rob Jesudason leaves CBA
He is the fifth executive to leave the embattled bank.
OCBC appoints Dennis Hong as managing director of OCBC Securities
He began his career as a police officer.
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