KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Banking Group has appointed Vashta Mahendran as group chief operations officer, effective July 1, 2025.
She succeeds David Chong, who will be leaving the group to pursue new opportunities upon the conclusion of his tenure on June 30, 2025.
Vashta joined RHB in 2015 as group treasury’s lead for strategic business management.
Her role was expanded in 2021 to include Group wholesale banking, and in 2022, she was appointed to spearhead group-wide transformation initiatives.
According to RHB, with over three decades of experience in the financial sector, Vashta brings institutional knowledge, strong leadership and execution capabilities to her new role.
She began her career at Arthur Andersen & Co, and later held various strategic roles across several leading financial institutions.
"Vashta’s leadership and strength in driving operational transformation will be key in delivering our PROGRESS27 strategy, and achieving our strategic objectives of being best in service, highly profitable and to be a responsible and purposeful organisation,” said group managing director and CEO Datuk Mohd Rashid Mohamad in a statement.
