Renzo Christopher Viegas

Renzo holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Mumbai, India. He is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

He has extensive experience in the banking industry and started his career with Citibank in 1985, where he progressively held senior positions in various Asia Pacific countries, including regional responsibilities until 2008. His last held position was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Citibank Malaysia.

In 2008, he joined RHB Bank Berhad as Director, Retail Banking where he managed the consumer, insurance, hire purchase and SME businesses. In 2011, he was appointed as the principal officer to oversee RHB Bank Berhad’s overall operations. He was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer with direct oversight of the Retail & International businesses of RHB Bank Berhad, prior to joining CIMB group in 2012.

He was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Group and Executive Director of CIMB Bank from 2012 to 2015 as well as Chief Executive Officer of Group Consumer Banking from 2015 to 2016, where he was responsible for the development and implementation of the overall business strategies, and transformed the consumer bank to become its growth engine. He provided support to the Group Chief Executive Officer and other senior management, leveraging on the regional platform to better reap synergies and accelerate business delivery. He also served as Adviser to the Group Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Bank, responsible for the development of overall group-wide business strategies until March 2019.

Renzo was a non-independent director of CIMB Bank (Vietnam) Ltd and non-independent director of CIMB Cambodia Bank PLC. He was also a non-executive director of Sun Life Malaysia Assurance and Takaful Berhad.