People

Ms Leslie Raymond has been appointed Head of People, Asia in National Australia Bank (NAB) and commenced her role on 1 March 2017. Ms Raymond is based in NAB’s Hong Kong branch located in Pacific Place. Ms Raymond replaces Ms Kate Colley who has repatriated to Melbourne to assume the role of Head of People for NAB’s Corporate and Institutional Banking business.

According to Reuters, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd has appointed Sheila Bair, the former head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), as an independent non-executive director.

According to efinancialcareers, Singapore banks DBS and UOB have both made significant new hires during the post-bonus recruitment season this quarter.

RHB Asset Management Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RHB Investment Bank Berhad, is pleased to announce the appointments of Michael Chang Wai Sing and Mohd Fauzi Mohd Tahir, as Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income and Chief Investment Officer - Equity (Malaysia) respectively.

One of his first major tasks is to find a CEO to succeed Stuart Gulliver.

Citi has appointed David Russell as Head of Markets and Securities Services for Hong Kong. He will report to Patrick Dewilde, Head of Asia Pacific Markets and Securities Services and Weber Lo, Citi Country Officer & Chief Executive Officer for Citi Hong Kong and Macau in this role.

SWIFT recently announced the appointment of Lisa O’Connor as Head of Standards, Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. As the adoption of financial messaging standards is gaining traction in the region, O’Connor takes over the standards team in the region that was led by Alexandre Kech - Head of Securities Markets & Standards, Asia Pacific for the last five years. She will report into Philippe Dirckx, Managing Director, Head of Markets & Initiatives, Asia Pacific.

That is only in the past three months.

HSBC Private Bank today announced the expansion of its Indonesia coverage with the introduction of a new team. Under the new structure, there will be two teams for Indonesia led by Market Heads, Ingrid Widjaja and Lim Chee Kong, respectively. The expansion reflects the Bank’s commitment to growing its business and enhancing its client servicing capabilities in South East Asia.

Citi has appointed James Arnold to the role of Head of Asia Pacific Debt Capital Markets Syndicate. In this role Arnold will lead Citi’s syndicate team that works closely with the bank’s origination and sales teams to support clients on the execution of their debt capital markets transactions.

Citi has appointed Fabio Fontainha ASEAN Head of Consumer Banking, effective December 1. Fabio will be based in Singapore and will report to Anand Selva, Head of Asia Pacific Consumer Banking. Citi’s Consumer Banking heads in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam will report to Fabio. Fabio joined Citi in 1994 as a Management Associate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has held a number of senior roles, including Head of Consumer Banking in Malaysia, Head of Sales & Distribution and Consumer Investments in Japan and in International Personal Banking for Latin America. Having spent nine years working for Citi in Asia, Fabio returned to Brazil in 2013 tasked with restructuring the retail operation. Fabio is currently the Head of Consumer and Commercial Banking for Latin America. 

He will succeed Yap Choi Foong.

He will be based in Hong Kong.

He succeeds Mr. Kwan Tat-cheong

He will report to DBS Private Bank's deputy head Lawrence Lua.

He will report to global head of treasury services, Jeff Bosland.