CIMB Thai Bank Appoints Wut Thanittiraporn as President and CEO as Paul Wong Completes Secondment

CIMB Thai Bank named Wut Thanittiraporn as its new President and Chief Executive Officer effective 21 April 2025, as the bank confirmed a leadership transition following the completion of outgoing CEO Paul Wong Chee Kin's four-year secondment to Thailand. The appointment was announced in a statement published on the bank's website.

Paul Wong, who had led CIMB Thai throughout his four-year secondment, will serve as adviser to the new CEO in the interim before rejoining CIMB Group in June 2025.

PROFILE OF THE INCOMING CEO

Wut joined CIMB Thai in 2014 as head of investment banking, became head of corporate banking in 2017 and took charge of transaction banking in 2019; he was previously head of capital markets at Standard Chartered Bank Thailand.

Bangkok-based CIMB Thai Bank operates as a subsidiary of CIMB Group Holdings Berhad, whose operations span Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines.