Deutsche Bank has appointed Vikas Arora as Philippines chief country officer (CCO) and head of corporate banking.
Arora, who will start on October 1 in Manila, will also be responsible for Deutsche Bank’s corporate and investment banking business in the Southeast Asian (SEA) country.
He will replace Rodolfo ML Siason (known as Dino) who took on the CCO role in April 2024. Manila-based Siason joined BDO Unibank in July this year, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Arora (pictured) was most recently the bank’s head of corporate banking in Malaysia. His previous roles at Deutsche Bank include CCO in Sri Lanka and head of global transaction banking in the Philippines, where he was based from 2015 to 2018.
He has nearly three decades of experience across client coverage, trade finance, cash management, corporate banking and transaction banking in Asia and the Middle East, according to a media release.
Arora will report jointly to Kaushik Shaparia, Deutsche Bank’s chief executive officer for India and emerging Asia, and Burkhard Ziegenhorn, Deutsche Bank’s head of corporate bank for SEA and Australia.
Shaparia said in a statement: "Vikas is an experienced leader who understands both the market and the needs of our clients. We are pleased he has returned to Manila.”
The move is subject to regulatory approval.
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