KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking Bhd
(Maybank) has appointed Chua Bee Geok as its group chief operations officer effective April 1, 2026, succeeding Alan Lau Chee Kheong, who retires after 43 years with the bank.
In a statement, the bank said Chua will lead the group’s operations across trade, treasury and payments, with a focus on enhancing the end-to-end customer experience and driving growth across Asean in wealth, payments, transaction banking and corporate and investment banking.
Chua, 53, will report to the president and group chief executive officer and be a member of the group executive committee.
She has over 25 years of banking experience spanning finance, risk, operations and transformation.
During more than a decade with Maybank, she has led several complex, high-impact programmes that strengthened resilience and scalability across the group, including end-to-end banking transformation under the M25+ strategy.
She also spearheaded a multi-country effort to deliver a fully digital, comprehensive trade solution across Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, enhancing customer experience and streamlining processes.
