UOB Malaysia appoints new CEO

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Wong Kim Choong

KUALA LUMPUR: United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd (UOB Malaysia) is pleased to announce that Wong Kim Choong has been appointed as its new chief executive officer with immediate effect.

He succeeded Chan Kok Seong, who has moved to Singapore to take on the role of chief risk officer at UOB Group. Wong, aged 55, is a veteran at UOB with close to three decades of corporate and retail banking experience across the group’s regional network.

He was previously the president and chief eExecutive officer of United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited (UOB Thai), where he oversaw the integration of UOB Radanasin Bank and Bank of Asia to form UOB Thai.

Prior to that, Wong spent 16 years with United Overseas Bank Limited in Singapore and six years with UOB Malaysia.

Wong holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto, Canada.

Wong said he would focus on driving organic growth at UOB Malaysia and continue to develop the bank’s corporate, commercial, business and retail banking businesses.