CIMB appoints Paul Wong to head Thai operations CIMB Thai’s incoming president and CEO, Wong PETALING JAYA: CIMB Group Holdings Bhd has appointed group COO Paul Wong Chee Kin ( pix) as CIMB Thai’s president and CEO effective Feb 1, 2021. He will succeed Sutee Losoponku, who held the position of acting president & CEO since September 2020 following the departure of the previous CEO Adisorn Sermchaiwong. With Wong’s appointment, Sutee will remain with CIMB Thai under the role of advisor to president & CEO up to Dec 31, 2021. The group stated that these appointments have received approval from Bank of Thailand. Currently, as the group COO, Wong oversees activities across functions in the areas of payments and digitalisation as well as strategy, customer delivery and process improvements. In his career with CIMB, he has assumed various roles within the group including stints in the Philippines and Singapore, and also served in Principal Asset Management Bhd board.