Bangkok--Jul 5--HSBC
HSBC has appointed Panya Chanyarungrojn as Senior Vice President Treasury effective 1 July 2004. He will be responsible for further developing HSBC’s Global Markets business in Thailand.
Succeeding Andrew Medhurst who returned to HSBC in London, Panya joins HSBC from BankThai Pcl where her served as Executive Vice President Treasury and Financial Markets. He has worked with Citibank in Singapore and Thailand for several years prior to his time at BankThai. .
Panya, 47, earned a Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) with a major in Computer Engineering from Chulalongkorn University and an MBA from the University of Virginia in the US. He is also a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Sub-committee on Consideration of Guidelines on Supervising the Bond Market Operators.
Media enquiries to Onticha Rattanawannathip on 02 614 4605/6
Note to Editors
1. HSBC Holdings plc.
HSBC Holdings plc. Is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. The Group has over 9,500 offices in 79 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, serves around 110 million customers and has assets of over US$1,034 billion at 31 December 2003. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is the founding and principal member of the HSBC Group.
2. HSBC in Thailand
Established as the first bank in Thailand in 1888, HSBC in Thailand now has a full branch in Bangkok with a total of 705 staff providing range of corporate and institutional banking, global markets, custody and clearing, trade, payment and cash management services to corporate customers; personal financial services and credit card issuance to a growing retail customer base in Thailand. End.
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