Asian Financial Services Group Names New CEO

Tom Burroughes

24 March 2020

, part of Tokyo-based Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed one of its existing C-suite members, Mark Henderson, as its new chief executive. He is taking the helm from Pierre Ferland, who is also regional head of sales and trading, a role which he will be retaining.

Henderson has been deputy CEO and chief risk officer for the company; his appointment was effective from 20 March, MUFG Securities Asia said in a statement.

At MUFG for 18 years, Henderson previously worked in Credit Risk at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. At MUFG, he previously worked in both EMEA and Asia and was appointed the deputy CEO for MUFG Securities Asia in 2019.

MUFG is focused on providing core global sales and trading services in credit, structured solutions and securitisation and will serve the large global and Japanese corporates in key markets in this region.