KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Banking Group has appointed Wong Kee Poh and Piyanat Aranyakasemsuke as chief executive officers (CEOs) of RHB Bank (Cambodia) PLC and RHB Bank Thailand respectively effective from September 1.
RHB said Wong has more than 34 years' experience in the banking industry and has held several senior management and leadership positions in well-established financial institutions in Malaysia.
He was RHB Bank Cambodia deputy country head from January 2013 and was subsequently appointed as RHB Bank Thailand CEO in 2015.
Meanwhile, RHB said Piyanat has more than 10 years' experience in the financial services industry mainly in the corporate and commercial banking sector.
Prior to this appointment, he served as RHB Bank Thailand deputy CEO from July 2018 to August this year.
He joined RHB Bank Thailand in 2015 as business development head.
"Wong and Piyanat will lead and drive the group's commercial banking business and operations in Cambodia and Thailand respectively.
"Their appointment will further augment the strength of the group's leadership team for its regional operations and enhance the group's presence in both key markets in line with the group's five-year FIT22 strategy," it said.
Launched in 2018, FIT22 is RHB's five-year strategic roadmap known as FIT22.
Comprising 22 initiatives, FIT22 is designed to achieve our 2022 aspiration, which is to be among the top-three banks in Malaysia in terms of performance.
FIT22 is anchored on three strategic themes - strengthen Malaysia as its core, to be strategic in where it competes overseas and innovation and people's readiness to meet skills of the future.