Her appointment reflects MUFG Bank’s ongoing commitment towards deepening its management bench with top global talent. As the first female executive to helm the bank’s Asian Operations Division, she also reinforces MUFG Bank’s ongoing efforts at promoting diversity and inclusion within its ranks.

MUFG Bank CEO for Asia & Oceania Mr. Takayoshi Futae said: “MUFG is turning a new page in its growth story in Asia, having embarked on a new business plan for the next three years. Globally, it is also accelerating strategic transformations that would enable us to adopt a holistic, group-oriented approach to further support our clients with greater efficiency and intuitive services.

“Janice’s technical and operational expertise, depth of knowledge of Asia’s banking landscape and more importantly, her extensive experience in championing organisational changes will be crucial to our strategic reforms, and we’re excited to leverage her perspective and strong credentials to strengthen the foundations for our “One MUFG” approach.”

Ms. Chua’s career began with Bank of America and spanned 11 years across Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo, where she contributed to the development of its operational and compliance frameworks and helped set up the middle office for its securities business. She then moved to ABN AMRO and rose up the ranks to become Head of Services and Chief Operating Officer for Singapore, before facilitating change initiatives supporting its integration with Royal Bank of Scotland.

Before joining MUFG, Ms. Chua was Director and Senior AML Compliance Manager for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she managed AML Case Analysis for branches and entities outside of the United States.

Re-disseminated by The Asian Banker