KUALA LUMPUR – Following his exit from RHB Banking Group, Datuk Khairussaleh Ramli will be appointed as Maybank group president and CEO, effective May 1.
He will succeed Datuk Seri Abdul Farid Alias, whose tenure ends on April 30.
“Datuk Khairussaleh re-joins the Maybank family and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience from the financial services and capital markets industry of close to 30 years.
“We are confident that with his vast experience, he will be able to lead Maybank in its next growth phase, pillared on the M25 focus areas of digitalisation, sustainability and new value drivers,” said Maybank chairman Tan Sri Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa.
Khairussaleh, 54, was most recently the group managing director of RHB Banking Group.
Prior to joining RHB Banking Group, he was with Maybank between November 2008 and September 2013, having served over three years as group CFO before taking up the position of president, director and CEO of Maybank’s Indonesian operations.
While at Maybank Indonesia – then Bank Internasional Indonesia – he introduced a business transformation programme that led to its turnaround, resulting in an 81% profit growth for FY2012.
He also received the Best CFO in Malaysia Award in 2010 and 2011 from FinanceAsia and the Best CFO in Malaysia Award in 2012 from Alpha Southeast Asia.
His other corporate sector experiences include positions as group chief strategy officer at Telekom Malaysia Bhd, Chief Executive Officer of TM Ventures and Chief Financial Officer at Bursa Malaysia Bhd, where he led the listing of the company on its own exchange in 2005.
He also spent eight years at Public Bank Group in the Corporate Banking and Stockbroking/Futures broking divisions. – The Vibes, January 27, 2022
