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HSBC has promoted Kee Joo Wong tohead of payments and cash management for Asia-Pacific. He replaces John Laurens, who took up the top transaction role at DBS.
Utilising subsidiaries’ cash at the group level has become vital as more Asian corporates move onto the international stage. Bank independence is viewed as the Holy Grail of treasury.