ANZ has made two high-ranking appointments for its overall business and for its operations in China.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has appointed Huang Xiaoguang as chief executive for China, reporting to the CEO for international banking, Farhan Faruqui. The bank also appointed a chief information officer.

Huang will also serve in a wider capacity as ANZ’s head of Greater China, responsible for capturing trade and investment flows within Greater China, ANZ said in a statement yesterday.

He previously worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was president of Bank America China from 2010 to 2014 and was recently appointed as co-head of global corporate and investment banking for BAML China, the statement said.

In his 22-year career, he has worked in senior roles at ABN AMRO, Citigroup as well as BAML.

The chief risk officer for ANZ China, Hong Swee Lau, will continue as acting CEO China until Huang joins in January next year. The appointment of Huang is subject to regulatory approvals.

Information
Separately, the bank has named Scott Collary as its chief information officer. He reports to ANZ Group COO Alistair Currie. Collary was previously CIO Consumer North America and Global Cards with Citigroup.

Prior to this, he was retail CIO with US regional bank Fifth Third with a focus on business integration, service quality and cost efficiency. Between 1987 and 2003, Mr Collary was with Bank of America where he held a number of leadership roles in payments, cards and operations.