Movers & Shakers

Jo Brothers will join Westpac New Zealand as  Social and Digital Innovation Director, she will leave her current role as Air New Zealand’s Global Head of Social Media and join the bank in mid-October. Gordon Goetzmann has resigned as Chief...

John Laurens will leave his role as Head of Global Payments and Cash Management at HSBC to take on the role of Head of Global Transaction Services at DBS Bank, effective November 10 and will relocate from Hong Kong to...

In this month’s edition of Movers and Shakers, we look at the latest hires, promotions and personnel changes in financial services across Asia Pacific. Stephen Wong has been promoted to the role of Chairman of Investment Banking in Hong Kong...

Dave Curran has been named as Westpac’s new CIO, he will now sit as part of the Executive team for the Group after Paul Spiteri resigned as interim CIO. Fiona Floyd has left her role as CIO at Suncorp, while the group...

David Fried will take on QBE’s merger of operations in Latin America and Asia Pacific to form an emerging markets division. Fried will vacate his role as Asia-Pacific Operations CEO and begin his new role in August. Bruce MacDiarmid has...

Korawut Leenabanchong will join Aberdeen Asset Management as Chief Executive in Thailand beginning on the 1st of July, he will vacate his role as Chief Investment Officer at UOB Asset Management. It follows the departure of Sujaree Junsawang, Director of...

Kevin Lam Sai Yoke has switched roles at United Overseas Bank. He will now serve as Deputy Chief Operations Executive effective 1 December 2013. He leaves his role as Managing Director and Country Head of personal financial services in Malaysia....

In a report by the Financial Times, NAB’s Chief Executive, Cameron Clyne has been pegged as a contender for one of the “toughest jobs in UK Banking”. In the report, Clyne is listed as one of Financial Times’ list of...

In a report by the Financial Times, NAB’s Chief Executive, Cameron Clyne has been pegged as a contender for one of the “toughest jobs in UK Banking”. In the report, Clyne is listed as one of Financial Times’ list of...

Mohamed Rafique Merican Mohd Wahiduddin Merican has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer at Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank Group), the country’s largest bank. Rafique will oversee the overall running of the day-to-day operations and ensure continuity in the entire operations...

  Philip Lee was appointed by Deutsche Bank as its Chief Country Officer for Singapore and Vice Chairman for South-east Asia effective from July 8, 2013. Previously the Singapore face of US investment bank JP Morgan, Lee will take on...

Yvonne Chia will retire from the position of CEO at Hong Leong bank, effective June 30. Chia held the role for over ten years, and the bank has yet to announce a replacement. Christopher Lasowski has been named Head of...

Kate Richdale has moved from Morgan Stanley to Goldman Sachs to be its Head of Investment Banking services for Asia, excluding Japan. Richdale will also be a Partner at Goldman Sachs. Her previous role with Morgan Stanley, Head of Investment...

Nirmal Khanderia has been promoted to Head of Asia-Pacific Corporate Sales at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Khanderia joined the bank in 2011 as the Head of India Sales and was previously Head of India Global Transaction services. Neil Harvey...

Confronting the Asia Pacific banking skills shortage head-on, Standard Chartered has announced a second year of its successful Mobile Ventures Fellowship (MoVe) programme. As reported in November, IDC Vice President, Sandra Ng, said “in Asia-Pacific, especially the Asia context, the...