S&P Global Market Intelligence presents a weekly rundown of select executive management and other personnel moves at Asian financial institutions. The news items are listed by announcement date in reverse chronological order.
Jan. 26
* Malaysia-based RHB Bank Bhd. said Khairussaleh Ramli stepped down as group managing director and group CEO, effective March 25. Mohd Rashid Mohamad was appointed officer-in-charge and principal officer of the group.
Jan. 25
* The Philippines' Security Bank Corp. named Rahul Rasal retail product group head, effective Feb. 1.
* ING Bank (Australia) Ltd. appointed Darren Beatty head of real estate finance, effective Jan. 17. Beatty took over from Wouter Mijnen, who returned to ING's head office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
* Matthew Wilson resigned as equities research analyst and executive director at E&P Financial Group Ltd., The Australian Financial Review reported.
* Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd. appointed Victoria Weekes a nonexecutive director, effective Feb. 15.
* First Dawood Investment Bank Ltd. said Iqbal Shafiq stepped down as nonexecutive director, effective Jan. 24.
* PT Bank Permata Tbk appointed Meliza Musa Rusli vice president director.
Jan. 24
* DBS Bank Ltd. named Helge Muenkel chief sustainability officer, effective immediately, The Business Times reported.
* The board of HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd. approved the appointment of Naozad Sirwalla as CFO and key managerial personnel, effective Feb. 1. Sirwalla will take over from Piyush Surana.
* BNK Capital Markets Ltd. named Arun Kumar Mukherjee CEO. Meanwhile, Ankita Poddar resigned as the company secretary and compliance officer, effective immediately. Dipendra Nath Chunder and Heena Gorsia also resigned as independent directors.
* India-based DCB Bank Ltd. appointed Tarun Balram an additional independent director for a five-year term, subject to shareholders' approval.
Jan. 22
* ICICI Bank Ltd. named Vibha Paul Rishi an additional independent director for a five-year term, effective Jan. 23.
Jan. 21
* The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd. appointed Rajeev Lochan Bishnoi, Anil Kumar Goel and Umesh Chandra Pandey additional independent directors.
* Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. named Ashu Suyash an independent director.
* ICICI Bank said Rama Bijapurkar resigned as independent director due to a conflict of interest, effective Jan. 23.
Jan. 20
* PNB Housing Finance Ltd. said Kapish Jain stepped down as CFO and key managerial personnel. Jain is serving his notice period, which will end April 7.
* Standard Chartered PLC appointed Roel Louwhoff chief technology, operations and transformation officer in Singapore, effective April 1.
* Fatfish Group Ltd. named Frank Au a nonexecutive director to the board of its Asean Fintech Group Ltd. subsidiary, effective immediately.
* PTC India Financial Services Ltd. said it received resignations from three independent directors, citing various reasons.
* Hatton National Bank PLC appointed Rasitha Gunawardana a nonexecutive independent director, effective Jan. 21.
* Geojit Financial Services Ltd. named Jones George an executive director.
