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.
