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MUFG appoints Janice Chua as managing director and head of Asian operations division
MUFG Bank has appointed Janice Chua as managing director & head of Asian Operations Division (AOD).
MUFG appoints Janice Chua as managing director and head of Asian operations division
MUFG Bank has appointed Janice Chua as managing director & head of Asian Operations Division (AOD).
Citi names Angel Ng as Citi head for Hong Kong and Macau
She will be a member of the Citi Asia Pacific operating committee and will report directly to Francisco Aristeguieta, CEO of Citi Asia Pacific.
HDFC Bank appoints Rahul Shukla as head of corporate and business banking
He will report to Kaizad Bharucha, wholsesale banking executive director.
Standard Chartered realigns commercial banking, private banking, and wealth reporting lines
This follows Anna Marrs' decision to leave the group in September 2018.
Hang Seng Bank China Ltd names Ryan Yue Sheng Song as vice chairman and chief executive
Song is also appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of Hang Seng Bank.
Bank of Singapore appoints Derrick Tan as Hong Kong branch chief executive
Tan is also Bank of Singapore’s global market head for Greater China and North Asia.
Citi Private Bank names Catherine Cheung as Asia Pacific strategist
She will be based in Hong Kong and report to Ken Peng, Citi Private Bank’s Asia Pacific chief investment strategist.
Citi appoints Debopama Sen as head of treasury and trade solutions for Singapore and ASEAN
She will report to Rajesh Mehta, Asia Pacific head for TTS, and Amol Gupte, ASEAN head and CEO of Citi Singapore.
Deutsche Bank Wealth Management appoints Ingrid Widjaja as new group head in Southeast Asia
Based in Singapore, she reports to Kin-Mun Kwong, head of WM coverage, Southeast Asia.
Citi names Adam Proctor as global market manager for Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand
He will report to Jyrki Rauhio, Citi Private Bank’s South Asia head, and will continue to be based in Singapore.
Bank J. Safra Sarasin Singapore appoints Vinay Gandhi as CEO
The Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) division in Asia will report to him.
Deustche Bank appoints Aleksandar Pfajfer as managing director, head of lending & deposits in APAC
It also names Tony Tan as director, head of strategic lending in Asia and head of lending Southeast Asia and South Asia.
Deutsche Bank hires new managing directors for its wealth management Global South Asia business
Rasik Ahuja, Sagar Sapra, and Swapnil Mishra are the three new managing directors.
Citi names Sujoy Ghosh as regional head of insurance Asia Pacific
He joins Citi with oversight of the bank’s consumer banking insurance business.
Credit Suisse appoints Zeth Hung, Carsten Stoehr as heads of APAC investment banking
According to Reuters, Credit Suisse names Zeth Hung as Asia Pacific co-head of investment banking and capital markets and Carsten Stoehr as the chief executive for Greater China which includes Hong Kong.
MUFG appoints Marie Diana Lynn Coronel-Singson as head of global corporate banking team in the Philippines
She is based in Manila and joins the bank January 17, 2018.
RHB Banking Group names Dr Arup Raha as chief economist and head of research
He will succeed Lim Chee Sing who retired in June 2017.
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