Maybank names new CEOs for investment banking operations

KUALA LUMPUR: Maybank has appointed Datin Ami Moris as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its investment banking arm, Maybank Kim Eng Group (MKE), effective yesterday.

In a statement, the country’s largest banking group by asset also announced the appointment of Fad’l Mohamed as CEO of Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB), the Malaysian entity of MKE.

Ami succeeds Datuk John Chong Eng Chuan, who has assumed the position of Maybank’s Group CEO, Community Financial Services.

“She will be responsible for overseeing all of the investment banking, brokerage and derivatives businesses in Malaysia and across MKE’s regional platform,” it said.

Ami joined Maybank IB in 2009 as Head, Equity Markets, responsible for both the institutional and retail businesses.

Prior to her appointment as MKE CEO, Ami served as its Chief Operating Officer from 2015, overseeing the functions of the office of the CEO and driving business strategy and management of the 10-country operating platform, covering ASEAN-6, Hong Kong, India, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Maybank said Ami played a leading role in the successful acquisition, integration, and subsequent management of Singapore-based Kim Eng Holdings, which transformed Maybank IB from a single-market entity into one of ASEAN’s leading investment banks. - Bernama