Paul Wong Chee Kin has been appointed as president & CEO of CIMB Thai, effective Feb 1.
KUALA LUMPUR: Paul Wong Chee Kin has been appointed as president & CEO of CIMB Thai, effective Feb 1, CIMB Group said on Friday.
He succeeds Sutee Losoponkul, who was acting president & CEO since September 2020 following the departure of the previous CEO, Adisorn Sermchaiwong.
Sutee will remain with CIMB Thai and assume the role as adviser to the president & CEO up to Dec 31,2021.
CIMB Group said these appointments have received approval from the Bank of Thailand.
Wong is currently CIMB’s group chief operations officer, overseeing activities across functions in the areas of payments and digitalisation as well as strategy, customer delivery and process improvements.
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PETALING JAYA: CIMB Group Holdings Bhd has appointed group COO Paul Wong Chee Kin (
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He will succeed Sutee Losoponku, who held the position of acting president & CEO since September 2020 following the departure of the previous CEO Adisorn Sermchaiwong. With Wong’s appointment, Sutee will remain with CIMB Thai under the role of advisor to president & CEO up to Dec 31, 2021.
The group stated that these appointments have received approval from Bank of Thailand.
Currently, as the group COO, Wong oversees activities across functions in the areas of payments and digitalisation as well as strategy, customer delivery and process improvements. In his career with CIMB, he has assumed various roles within the group including stints in the Philippines and Singapore, and also served in Principal Asset Management Bhd board.