"I would like to congratulate Sooi Lin on her appointment. CIMB’s investment banking division has achieved many major milestones during her term as Group Head of Investment Bank. I am confident that under her leadership, we will continue to build our investment banking franchise and solidify our position as the leading investment bank in ASEAN,” said Tengku Dato’ Sri Zafrul Aziz, Chief Executive of CIMB Group. 
  
Dato’ Kong has extensive equity and debt transaction expertise, having advised on numerous high profile and industry shaping corporate exercises in Malaysia and Asia Pacific. She counts over 27 years of investment banking experience under her belt, of which 22 years were honed with CIMB Investment Bank. 
  
About CIMB Group 
 
CIMB Group is Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider and one of ASEAN’s leading universal banking groups. It offers consumer banking, investment banking, Islamic banking, asset management and insurance products and services. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, the Group is now present in nine out of 10 ASEAN nations (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos). Beyond ASEAN, the Group has market presence in China, Hong Kong, Bahrain, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Korea, the US and UK.
 
CIMB Group has the most extensive retail branch network in ASEAN of about 1,000 branches as at 31 December 2015. CIMB Group’s investment banking arm is also one of the largest Asia Pacificbased investment banks, offering amongst the most comprehensive research coverage of more than 1,000 stocks in the region. 
 
CIMB Group operates its business through three main brand entities, CIMB Bank, CIMB Investment Bank and CIMB Islamic. CIMB Group is also the 97.9% shareholder of Bank CIMB Niaga in Indonesia, and 93.7% shareholder of CIMB Thai in Thailand.
 
CIMB Group is listed on Bursa Malaysia via CIMB Group Holdings Berhad. It had a market capitalisation of approximately RM38.7 billion as at 31 December 2015. The Group has about 40,000 employees located in 17 countries.
 
SOURCE : CIMB Group

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