KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Bank Bhd has announced that its group managing director/group chief executive officer Khairussaleh Ramli will be taking leave of absence with effect from Jan 24.
Further announcements will be made on the matter in due course, the bank said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia.
The bank said the managing director of RHB Bank’s group wholesale banking, Mohd Rashid Mohamad, will be appointed as the officer-in-charge/principal officer from Jan 24.
He began his career with Bank Negara Malaysia in 1988 and spent 14 years in the examination/supervision department and the investment operations and financial markets department.
He has over 30 years of experience in financial markets with financial institutions in Singapore and Malaysia, including ABN Amro NV, The Royal Bank of Scotland and the AmBank Group.
At the close of trading today, RHB’s shares went down 1.04% to RM5.72, with 1.58 million shares transacted.