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Moves through May 23, Financials edition

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.

May 23

* RHB Bank Bhd. reportedly appointed James Yeo regional head of mergers and acquisitions.

* Allianz Malaysia Bhd. redesignated Rafiah binti Salim to nonexecutive chairman, effective May 23.

* Lin Lijun, Xiong Peijin and Stephen Thomas Meldrum will not stand for re-election as directors of Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd.

* India's Andhra Bank appointed M. Babu Rajendra Prasad CFO, effective May 22.

* India's IFCI Ltd. appointed Jhummi Mantri interim CFO, effective May 24.

* He Haibin and Shi Yongyan were appointed nonexecutive directors of China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., effective May 21.

May 22

* Northern Trust Corp. appointed David Kim head of sales for its corporate and institutional business in the Asia-Pacific region.

* Cathay United Bank (Cambodia) Corp. Ltd. appointed Winston Quek a board member.

* Australia-based Ensurance Ltd. appointed Tony Leibowitz executive chairman on a full-time basis, effective May 1.

* The Stock Exchange of Thailand appointed Duangrat Samudavanija, Kingpetch Ngenpoolsub, Kitti Sutthiatthasil and Piyaporn Krongchan executive vice presidents, effective July 1.

* Allianz Malaysia Bhd. said Razali Bin Ismail retired as a nonindependent nonexecutive director, effective May 22.

* India's Sonal Mercantile Ltd. said Rukhsana resigned as independent director of the company, effective June 1.

* Bullish Bonds & Holdings Ltd. appointed Shafi Mohammad chairman and additional director.

May 21

* Carlyle Group LP reportedly hired Robby Winarta, Credit Suisse Group AG's head for investment banking in Indonesia.

* U.S-based Raymond James Financial Inc. named Dennis Zhang managing director for its Asian coverage.

* Makoto Okada and Satoru Komiya were nominated to Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.'s board.

* KJMC Corporate Advisors (India) Ltd. appointed Ramesh Chandra Jain an additional independent director, effective May 21.

* Canopy Finance Ltd. appointed Lalit Kumar Tapadia managing director and additional director.

* Bank of Queensland Ltd. appointed Natasha Kelso head of its broker channel, effective June 18.

* Akme Star Housing Finance Ltd. Chairman and Managing Director Mohan Lal Nagda died May 19.

* China Financial Services appointed Zhan Lili an independent nonexecutive director.

* Pru Bennett, BlackRock Inc.'s head of Asia-Pacific investment stewardship, is set to step down in January 2019.

* Tsunehiro Nakayama was named outside director of Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings Inc., effective June 28.

* IFCI Ltd. appointed Bhushan Kumar Sinha a board director.

* Bangladesh-based Pubali Bank Ltd. reportedly elected Moniruddin Ahmed and Syed Moazzem Hussain vice chairmen.

* India's Roselabs Finance Ltd. appointed Mayank Padiya an additional director.

* Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd. appointed Fayaz Ahmad Zargar chief risk officer.

* Société Générale SA reportedly named Mark Liu group country head for Taiwan, effective June 1.

* Huang Xin was named an employee representative supervisor of China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

* Wong Kwai Lam and Pan Yingli resigned as independent nonexecutive directors of China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd.

* Deutsche Bank AG reportedly appointed David Lynne head of its global transaction banking unit in Asia-Pacific.

* Commonwealth Bank of Australia is reportedly restructuring its markets team and may let go of some staff to cut costs.

May 19

* Prabhat Kumar Marda resigned as CFO of India-based Scintilla Commercial & Credit Ltd, effective May 19.

* Kapil Raj Finance Ltd. appointed Pradip Shah an executive director and Hiran Kumar Mukherjee an independent director.

* Narayan Ramachandran stepped down as nonexecutive part-time chairman and director of RBL Bank Ltd.

* India-based IDBI Bank Ltd. appointed Samaresh Parida and N. Jambunathan additional directors on its board.

May 18

* China Success Finance Group Holdings Ltd. appointed Li Bin CEO and Dai Jing COO, effective May 18.

* Arun Kumar Nanda and Subrata Kumar Mitra stepped down as independent directors of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd., effective May 18.

* Standard Chartered Saadiq Malaysia Bhd. appointed Ali Allawala CEO, effective May 18.

* India's Kalyani Investment Co. Ltd. said S.S. Vaidya resigned as an independent director. The company appointed Shrikrishna Adivarekar additional independent director, effective May 18.

* Hong Kong's Shougang Concord Grand (Group) Ltd. appointed Huang Donglin a nonexecutive director, effective May 18.

* HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd. appointed James Aird an alternate director to Norman Keith Skeoch, effective May 16.

* Deepak Ramchand Sabnani resigned as a nonexecutive independent director of Religare Enterprises Ltd.

* Manappuram Finance Ltd. CFO Kapil Krishan resigned.

* ACOM CO. Ltd. appointed Naoki Hori a director, replacing Atsushi Murakami.

* Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd. has appointed Sajeev Krishnan part-time chairman.

* CIMB Thai Bank PCL said Pravej Ongartsittigul resigned as an independent director, effective May 18.

* Junichi Tanaka, Masahiro Hamada and Yasuhiro Oba were appointed directors of Sompo Holdings Inc., effective June 25.

* Wang Shuhui stepped down as a nonexecutive director of Chong Hing Bank Ltd., effective May 18.

May 17

* Shengjing Bank Co. Ltd. received regulatory approval on Zhang Qiang's appointment as executive director.

* China Everbright Ltd. named Stephen Law Cheuk Kin an independent nonexecutive director, effective May 17.

* Australia's Argo Investments Ltd. said its chairman Ian Martin will retire, effective June 30.

* FlexiGroup Ltd. appointed Carole Campbell an independent nonexecutive director, effective May 17.

* Small Industries Development Bank of India nominated Pushkar Mishra a director on Gujarat State Financial Corp.'s board.

* China Construction Bank Corp. appointed Lu Kegui, Cheng Yuanguo and Wang Yi employee representative supervisors, effective May 17.

* Pally Bargri resigned as chief risk officer of AMP Ltd.'s advice division.

* Sri Lanka Insurance Corp. Ltd. appointed Chandana Aluthgama CEO, effective May 3.