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.
March 7
* Chang Junsheng was nominated as director at Central China Securities Co., Ltd.
* PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd. said Yu Xiaoping stepped down as a nonexecutive director, effective March 7.
* Liu Chong Hing Investment Ltd. named Eric Tong Tsun Sum an independent nonexecutive director, effective March 7.
* India's Reliance Capital Ltd. appointed Anand Natarajan its new COO.
* Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking reportedly appointed Raj Malhotra as head of debt capital markets for Asia-Pacific.
March 6
* Nomura Holdings Inc. said it appointed Toshio Morita and Kentaro Okuda as co-COOs and named Kazuhiko Ishimura, Laura Unger and Shoichi Nagamatsu as directors on its board.
* Westpac Banking Corp.'s head of mergers and acquisitions, Harvey Carter, has reportedly resigned to go into private equity.
* Chinese lender Huishang Bank Corp. Ltd. appointed Tang Chuan employee representative supervisor.
* State Street Corp. appointed Lisa Lou as country head of global services China and general manager of its Beijing branch, effective Feb. 26.
March 5
* HSBC Holdings PLC reportedly hired Oki Ramadhana in a senior investment banking role in Indonesia.
* Deutsche Asset Management reportedly named Alex François sales director of asset management for the global client group, Australia and New Zealand.
* Kwon Sung-moon reportedly resigned as chairman of South Korea's KTB Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.
* China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd. appointed He Jieping and Xu Long as nonexecutive directors.
* Bijaya Kumar Sahoo, Sarath Sura and Parveen Kumar Chhokra ceased to be shareholder directors of India-based Allahabad Bank, effective March 4.
* Malayan Banking Bhd. said Renato Tinio De Guzman stepped down as independent nonexecutive director, effective March 5.
* Chubb Ltd. appointed Scott Simpson as country president of its general insurance business in Singapore.
* Insular Life Assurance Co. Ltd. said Nina Aguas stepped down as CEO and took over as executive chairman of the board of trustees.
* State Bank of India nominated Parveen Kumar Gupta a director on the board of unit SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
* Commonwealth Bank of Australia said Andrew Mohl and Brian Long will retire as directors.
March 4
* Niraj Kumar Shrestha stepped down as CEO of Nepal-based Machhapuchchhre Bank Ltd., effective March 7.
March 3
* Allahabad Bank named Vipul Singla as its new chief risk officer, effective March 1.
March 2
* The board of China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. approved the nomination of Zhao Peng and Ruan Qi as vice presidents.
* Eric Chung Chi Shing has stepped down as chairman and executive director of Hong Kong-based Value Convergence Holdings Ltd, effective March 2.
* Seoul Guarantee Insurance Co. Inc. said Kim Sang-Taek took office as CEO, effective Dec. 1, 2017.
* Nippon Life Insurance Co. reportedly appointed Hiroyuki Nishi as president of unit Nissay Asset Management Corp., effective March 25.
* Bank of China Ltd.'s board approved the appointment of Lin Jingzhen as an executive vice president.
* State Street Global Advisors Inc. appointed James MacNevin as head of the company's Asia-Pacific business.
* Citigroup Inc.'s Weber Lo reportedly resigned as country head and CEO for Hong Kong and Macau.
* Australian asset manager Prime Financial Group Ltd appointed Simon Munday as CFO, effective March 2.
March 1
* Pakistan-based Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd. said CEO Suleman Lalani stepped down as a director, effective Feb. 26.
* JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Asia-Pacific investment banking chairman, Brian Gu, is reportedly leaving the company.
* Ye Jianqing will reportedly soon become chairman of Bank of Wenzhou Co. Ltd.
* Malayan Banking Bhd. named Che Zakiah binti Che Din as an independent nonexecutive director, effective March 1.
* Taiwan's Mega Bills Finance Co. Ltd. appointed Mei-Zhu Liao as chairman.
* AUB Group Ltd. appointed Susan Mitchell as CFO, effective June 1. The move comes after Mitchell's resignation as CFO of Mortgage Choice Ltd
* ClearView Wealth Ltd. said Andrew Sneddon resigned as a board director.
* TOWER Ltd. appointed Wendy Thorpe as an independent nonexecutive director, effective March 1.
* People's Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd. nominated Shiu Sin Por and Ko Wing Man as independent nonexecutive directors.
* Share India Securities Ltd said its board appointed Sachin Gupta as CEO, effective March 1.
* Bank of Communications Co. Ltd. nominated Cai Haoyi as an independent nonexecutive director.
* John Chen reportedly has taken over as president of Taiwan's Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank Ltd. replacing Chiou Yi-Jen.
* Al Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Ltd. appointed Ahmed Shuja Kidwai as CEO, effective March 1.
* MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. appointed Fumiaki Ohkawabata as senior executive officer and chief risk officer, effective April 1.
* India's Punjab National Bank named Lingam Venkata Prabhakar as executive director, effective March 1.
