CIMB nabs Royal Bank of Scotland’s Asia Pac CRO

Malaysian bank beefs up its risk management capabilities with recruitment of RBS chief risk officer

Thomas will work at CIMB’s offices in Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian bank CIMB has appointed David Thomas, Asia-Pacific chief risk officer (CRO) at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), to work in its head office in Kuala Lumpur.

Thomas exited RBS last week but it is unclear when he will start at CIMB as the bank had not responded to Asia Risk's enquires at time of publication. While RBS completes the recruitment process for Thomas's successor, Asia-Pacific chief administrative officer, John Shelley, will assume his CRO duties. Shelley's role will be shared by