Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) has named Ivy Au Yeung as its newest Chief Executive Officer for its Hong Kong-based unit in a bid to grow the group’s retail, commercial and institutional business in the region.

ANZ is one of the largest banking groups in the Australia-Pacific (APAC) region, offering a wealth of financial services across Forex, equities, fixed income, etc. Earlier this month, the group appointed Mary MacLeod as its CFO of International and Institutional operations.

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Mrs. Yeung has been with ANZ since 2011, where she started as its Managing Director of Commercial Banking for the APAC region. Prior to ANZ, Mrs. Yeung held a lengthy tenure in senior management at Standard Chartered. In her new role Mr. Yeung will be reporting to Farhan Faruqui, ANZ’s CEO, International Banking.