Malaysia’s Malayan Bank Berhad (Maybank) has appointed T. Zakaria as President, Director, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for its Indonesian unit – Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII). He will replace former BII President Director K. Ramli who resigned from the position recently. Zakaria has served as an independent member of the Board of Commissioner of BII since 2004.
Prior to his new appointment, Zakaria worked with PT Indonesia Infrastructure Finance as President Director from 2010 to 2011. His previous positions included Director for Indonesian operations with Barclays Bank Plc; Barclays’ Head of Asia for alternate capital market/Islamic finance; and head of debt capital market and liability risk management at Deutsche Bank AG in Jakarta. He is also an independent member of the Board of Commissioner of PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta Tbk (a subsidiary of SATS Singapore) since 2005.
Zakaria started his banking career at Citibank NA in Jakarta and served as Associate Vice-President during 1992–97 in the company.
