Back to basics for RHB Bank under new boss

IT HAS been a long time coming but RHB Banking group, Malaysia's fourth largest lender, has finally filled up the empty slots in the C-suite of its key business units.

The final addition to the line-up, indeed a prominent hire, was in December last year with the appointment of veteran banker Khairussaleh Ramli as RHB Bank managing director and deputy group managing director of parent RHB Capital, listed on Bursa Malaysia and controlled by the country's Employees Provident Fund.

Mr Khairussaleh's appointment came a few months after the bank hired chiefs for its Islamic and investment banking units last year.