BDO hosts China-ASEAN Inter-bank Association meet

CEBU, Philippines — Bridging the infrastructure gap in Asia and beyond. delegates at the 7th Executive Board Meeting of China-ASEAN Inter-Bank Association (CAIBA) recently met to share their views on the different topics underpinning the Meeting's overall theme, titled “Enhancing Financing Cooperation between China and ASEAN within the context of Belt and Road Initiative.”

BDO Unibank, Inc., the country's largest bank, co-hosted the event.  Among the delegates include (from left to right) Syed Alwi Alkaff, Senior Executive Officer and Acting Head of the International Banking Group of Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad (Middle East) Ltd. of Brunei; Charles Chuon Vann, Executive Board Member for the Board of Directors, Executive Vice President and Head, Corporate Affairs, Canadia Bank PLC of Cambodia; Kartini Sally, Member of the Board of Directors, PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk of Indonesia; Nalinh Silavongsith, Deputy Managing Director of Lao Development Bank of Laos; Thomas Tan Kok Kiong, Senior Managing Director and Global Head for Treasury Sales and FX, CIMB Group SDN BHD of Malaysia; Hu Huaibang, Chairman of China Development Bank of the People’s Republic of China; Ke Yousheng, Counsellor of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to ASEAN; Hon. Carlos Dominguez III, Secretary of Finance of the Republic of the Philippines; Teresita Sy-Coson, Chairperson of BDO Unibank, Inc. of the Republic of the Philippines; Khin Ommar Aye, General Manager of the International Banking Department, Myanma Foreign Trade Bank of Myanmar; Soh Kian Tiong, Managing Director and Global Head, Financial Institutions Group, Institutional Banking Group of DBS Bank, Ltd. of Singapore; Kin Chong Choi, Senior Vice President, World Business Group, Kasikornbank Public Company Limited of Thailand; and Le Thi Kim Khuyen, Member of the Board of Directors, Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam. (FREEMAN)