Bio

Dato’ Kong was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Investment Bank on 1 March 2016. Previously, she was Deputy CEO of CIMB IB since September 2011 and is the Group Head of Investment Banking Division. She also holds other offices within the Group such as being a member of the Group Management Committee, the Group Wholesale Bank Committee and the Investment Bank’s Business Review Group Committee. Dato’ Kong was appointed as Chairperson of CIMB Private Limited Sri Lanka in January 2012. She also serves as a Commissioner on the Board of Commissioners of CIMB Securities Indonesia. Being responsible for CIMBGH Group-wide corporate client coverage for Asia Pacific, Dato’ Kong oversees the management and integration of client relationships to strategic marketing and building of the bank’s brand value and market share. Backed by 27 years of investment banking experience, Dato’ Kong has extensive equity and debt transaction expertise, having advised on numerous highly profiled and industry-shaping corporate exercises in Malaysia and Asia Pacific. Dato’ Kong joined CIMB IB in 1994 from Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad where she was actively involved in debt capital market, project financing and corporate banking transactions. She began her career at Ernst and Young and Arthur Andersen. Dato’ Kong is 55 years old and graduated with an honours degree in Commerce from the University of New South Wales, Australia.