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  • The Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Awards 2021

    2021-08-09 00:00:00

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    On July 29, <The Asian Banker> presented The Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Awards 2021 for Lifetime Achievement in Leadership in the Financial Services Industry to Mr. Banthoon Lamsam, Chairman Emeritus of KASIKORNBANK (KBank). He is the first-ever leader of a Thai financial institution to receive this prestigious award.

     

    <The Asian Banker> praised the Chairman Emeritus of KBank as the most successful leader in the financial services industry. Throughout his tenure at the helm of KBank, he steered it through a series of crises and challenges while transforming KBank into an exemplary organization on account of its stable growth. The Bank has operated its business by firmly embracing good corporate governance and corporate social responsibility while also nurturing a corporate culture that focuses on long-term business sustainability. Therefore, KBank has gained wide acceptance and recognition at the international level.       

     

    This prestigious award has been granted to leaders of financial institutions across various Asian countries since 2005. Previous winners of the Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award include Dr. Zhou Xiaochuan, former Governor of the People's Bank of China; Mr. Liu Mingkang, former Chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission; Dr. Ma Weihua, former President and Chief Executive Officer, China Merchants Bank; and Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, former Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia.


    At the end of the award presentation ceremony, the Chairman Emeritus gave a speech expressing his gratitude to Mr. Bancha Lamsam and his predecessors, as well as his feeling of indebtedness to KBank's Board of Directors and the regulatory authorities who worked with him, guided him in the right direction and helped to revitalize financial institutions. Furthermore, he thanked his team who joined hands in helping KASIKORNBANK weather various crises with understanding of the imperatives of running a modern corporation, namely a strict corporate governance regime, comprehensive risk management, the ability to nurture a corporate culture that will attract qualified staff, and the capacity to thrive in an increasingly digital marketplace, all without belittling the concerns of sustainability and equality. He is confident that the present management team will be able to succeed in leading KBank to achieve its set goals.