Henry Tillman is a man with a mission. It is to make ABN AMRO the foremost financial institutions group FIG bank in the world. And Asia is obviously part of his masterplan.
ABN AMRO has just gone through a massive reorganization. It is now split into three units retail banking, private banking asset management and a wholesale bank. The wholesale bank combines commercial banking with investment banking, and within that combine it is split into global client and product groups.
Tillman runs the FIG group, which is the largest one. It accounts for 50% of the wholesale banks revenues. In Asia he is seeking to beef the bank up, and has hired a...