Board of Directors

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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;

  • Decide and act on all policy matters and projects to meet the objectives and purposes of the Association;
  • Receive and consider any suggestion or proposal from the members;
  • Adopt rules and procedures for the conduct of Board Meetings and the General Meetings; and
  • Undertake any other business as authorised by the ABA Charter.

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 Board of Directors for the term 2023 ~ 2025 include 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. Adrian David Li Man-Kiu

Co-Chief Executive

The Bank of East Asia, Ltd.
(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

En 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. Karl Roland Stumke

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)

Raymond I. L. Chen

Senior Executive Vice President

Bank fo Taiwan
(Taiwan)

Ms. Ye-Chin Chiou

Chairperson

First Commercial Bank
(Taiwan)

Dr. Ray B. Dawn

Chairperson

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 for 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.

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  • 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.

Dr. Amnuay Viravan

Chairman | Former Chairman & Executive of the Board

Saha-Union Public Co., Ltd. | Bangkok Bank, PCL

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.

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Darson Chiu, Ph.D.

Secretary-Treasurer

The Asian Bankers Association

Mr. Amador Honrado

Deputy Secretary

The Asian Bankers Association

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