When Vivien Hsu Woan-Meei became president of Fubon Financial Holdings in October 2013 she set about restructuring the bank and reshuffling management to improve operational efficiencies and lift profitability.
It was during her tenure that Fubon became the first Taiwanese financial holdings company to take ownership of a mainland Chinese bank following its acquisition of First Sino Bank, now called Fubon Bank China.
The transaction was completed in 2014 and Hsu participated in the settlement process to successfully close the transaction no small feat considering the potential sticking points a deal between a Taiwanese financial institution and mainland Chinese bank could encounter given the problematic history...