Thiyachai Chong

Head, Wealth Management & Preferred, Executive Vice President

CIMB Bank

Profile:

Thiyachai Chong is currently the Executive Vice President and Head of Wealth Management & Preferred Segment at CIMB Thai Bank. In this role, he oversees end to end product strategy and growth of all wealth management solutions and advisory ranging from deposits, wealth financing, investments to bancassurance, both onshore and offshore. Prior to that he was the Managing Director of Phillip Asset Management Thailand and a Director at Phillip Life Assurance from 2018 to 2022, where he engineered a turnaround by launching market-leading offshore investment funds. Before moving to Thailand, Thiyachai consulted for Thomson Reuters in New York City, USA and Vancouver, Canada for 7 years, advising the world’s leading portfolio management firms, hedge funds, investment banks and government agencies on investment and risk management strategies. He started his investment management career at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds in 2007. Thiyachai is a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) graduate at the University of British Columbia, Canada with a postgraduate exchange in Developmental Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Evolving the Platform and the Proposition in Thailand’s Wealth Management Market The Hubbis Thailand Wealth Management Forum took place on May 24, during which Thiyachai Chong, Executive Vice President & Head of Wealth Management & Preferred at CIMB Thai Bank presented delegates with some valuable insights into the evolution of a competitive platform and a tailored wealth manage....

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