Sanjeev Kumar bows out of RBS to join BTMU

Sanjeev Kumar, former head of coverage for Asia-Pacific at Royal Bank of Scotland, will be joining Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ BTMU, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Kumar declined to comment on the move when contacted by FinanceAsia. On September 2, BTMU confirmed that Kumar has been appointed deputy general manager and head of event finance within the Asian investment banking division. The event finance team will support corporate clients' financing and investment needs across Asia ex-Japan and Oceania.

Kilts to kimonos

Kumar worked at RBS for about a decade in various corporate finance and corporate advisory roles,...