Filipino gets regional post in Maybank Kim Eng

Filipino investment banker Manuel Tordesillas was recently named by Maybank Kim Eng, a leading securities and investment brokerage group in Asia, as its regional head for investment banking and advisory.

Tordesillas is president and chief executive of the Malaysian banking giant’s Philippine investment banking unit Maybank ATR Kim Eng Financial Corp.

In a text message, Tordesillas said this job would require him to travel often but that he would concurrently stay as CEO of the Philippine unit.

The Maybank Kim Eng group has an international presence with an extensive network of offices in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Vietnam, London and New York and is now organized under five main areas: investment banking and advisory, retail equities, institutional equities, derivatives and asset management.

As a regional head, Tordesillas will develop and oversee strategies and plans to build Maybank Kim Eng’s global investment banking and advisory business, which includes corporate finance, debt markets, equity capital markets and strategic advisory, Maybank ATR Kim announced in a statement yesterday.

The statement added that Tordesillas would also sit as a member of the Maybank Kim Eng’s critical executive committee, credit underwriting committee and business growth forum as a result of the appointment. Doris C. Dumlao