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Board of Directors

The affairs of the Association is governed by the Board of Directors, which is composed of not more than twenty (20) members elected by Regular Members of the Association at a General Meeting.
Consider and approve applications for new membership;
The Board elects from among themselves a Chairman and a Vice Chairman who serve for a term of two years. The Chairman serves as the chief executive officer of the Association. The Vice Chairman performs the duties of the Chairman during the Chairman’s absence or temporary disability.

The current members of the Advisory Council are the following:

Chairman

Mr. Daniel Wu

Vice Chairman
CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

Vice Chairman

Mr. Mostafa Beheshti Rouy

Member of Board of Director & Executive Board Member
Bank Pasargad (Iran)

Board Members

Mr. Dorji Kadin

Chief Executive Officer
Bank of Bhutan Ltd. (Bhutan)

Mr. Mr. Adrian David Li Man-Kiu

Co-Chief Executive
The Bank of East Asia (Hong Kong)

Mr. Vipin Kumar Pandey

Country Head & CEO
State Bank of India, HK Branch (India)

Mr. Mohsen Zarandimoghadam

Chairman of the Board of Directors
Eghtesad Novin Bank (Iran)

Mr. Frederic Cabay

Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Financial Institutions
MUFG Bank, Ltd. (Japan)

Mr. Koichi Zaiki

Managing Executive Officer
CEO for Asia-Pacific Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (Japan)

Mr. Yoshihiro (Hiro) Hyakutome

Senior Managing Executive Officer, Co-Head of Global Banking Unit for SMBC Group
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (Japan)

Mr. Mohamed Shareef

Chief Executive Officer
Bank of Maldives (Maldives)

Mr. Eugene S. Acevedo

President & Chief Executive Officer
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (Philippines)

Mr. Damith Pallewatte, FRM®, SCR®, FCMA, CGMA

Acting CEO
Hatton National Bank (Sri Lanka)

Ms. Jong-Yuan Ling

Chairperson of the Board
Bank of Taiwan (Taiwan)

Ms. Ye-Chin Chiou

Chairperson
First Commercial Bank (Taiwan)

Dr. Ray Dawn

Chairman
Mega International Commercial Bank (Taiwan)

Mr. Chaiyarit Anuchitworawong

Senior Executive Vice President & Co-Head of International Banking Group
Bangkok Bank PCL (Thailand)

Mr. Le Duy Hai

Deputy General Director
Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) (Vietnam)

Mr. Pham Duc An

Chairman
Vietnam Bank of Agriculture & Rural Development (Vietnam)

Mr. Oliver Hoffmann

Managing Director, Head of Asia
Erste Group Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch (Austria)

Advisory Council

Advisory Council is composed of the former chairmen and eminent persons in banking and finance as selected by the Board who are willing and able to give time for the purposes of the Council.
The Advisory Council gives advice to the officers and to the Board to ensure continuity and stability of policies and activities that would redound to the benefit and improvement of the Association and which would achieve its objectives and purposes. It may initiate such advice or render it in response to the request of the Chairman, the Board and the General Meetings.

The current members of the Advisory Council are the following:

Mr. Eugene S. Acevedo

President & Chief Executive Officer
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (Philippines)

Mr. Antonio Jonathan Alles

Managing Director & CEO
Hatton National Bank (Sri Lanka)

Mr. Daniel Wu

Vice Chairman
CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

Mr. Lorenzo V. Tan

Managing Director
Primeiro Partners

Mr. Rajendra Theagarajah

Managing Director & CEO | Former Managing Director & CEO
Cargills Bank Limited | Hatton National Bank

Ms. Susan S. Chang

Advisor | Former Chairperson
The Bankers Association of the Republic of China | Bank of Taiwan

Mr. McKinney Y. T. Tsai

Former Chairman of the Board
Mega International Commercial Bank

Mr. Dong-Soo Choi

Former Advisor to the CEO
Shinhan Bank

Dr. Yung-San Lee

Former Chairman
International Commercial Bank of China | Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, Ltd.

YBhg Senator Tan Sri Amirsham A Aziz

Chairman | Former President & CEO
Themed attractions and Sdn Bhd | Malayan Banking Berhad

Dr. Mochtar Riady

Chairman
Lippo Group & Mochtar Riady Institute for Nanotechnology

Hon. Peter B. Favila

Monetary Board Member | Former President
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas | PNB

Dr. David K. P. Li

Executive Chairman
The Bank of East Asia, Ltd.

Secretariat

The Secretariat’s daily operations and planning are led by the Secretary-Treasurer, the Deputy Secretary and a staff in charge of preparing meetings and conferences, conceiving policy positions, organizing training programs, among many other tasks, as well as maintaining communication with banks in the Asia Pacific regions.

Darson Chiu, Ph.D.

Secretary-Treasurer
The Asian Bankers Association

Mr. Amador Honrado

Deputy Secretary
The Asian Bankers Association

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