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Devonshire Capital
21 July 2004
FinanceAsia Daily By Andrew Peck
ING Bank nabs Briones as Thailand country head
Makes the move from Devonshire Capital Group.
Stephen Briones has been appointed ING's new country
head for Thailand and will also be responsible for managing and
developing its wholesale banking client coverage activities in the
country.
Briones moves to ING Bank from Devonshire Capital
Group, where he spearheaded the origination and execution of transactions
in South East Asia and India. Joining Devonshire in 2002, Briones
was also a member of the team that assisted the firm in creating
an investment banking joint venture with the Thai-based Kiatnakin
Finance Group.
Before moving to Devonshire, Briones was employed
in Thailand by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds. He was also CFO
of a Bangkok-based internet advisory group, Web Advisory Company
and has worked in corporate finance at Jardine Fleming, where he
was a vice president.
His move to the Dutch group marks a return for
Briones, who worked for ING Barings between 1995 and 1998 in equity
research and corporate finance.
In total, Briones bestows 14 years of expertise
in the investment banking and relationship management arena to ING,
with ten spent working in Asia.
In the new role, Briones will report to John Howland-Jackson,
head of wholesale relationship management, Asia and to David Hudson,
CEO of ING Bank, Asia.
Commenting on Briones' appointment, Howland-Jackson
states, "Our strategy is to bring ING's core expertise of debt-financing
and advisory products and services to our most important clients
and Briones brings a huge amount of experience to the role."
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