People Digest: 1MDB gets new chairman; Barings appoints new APAC MD

People Digest: 1MDB gets new chairman; Barings appoints new APAC MD

A man walks past a 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the funds flagship Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, REUTERS/Olivia Harris

Malaysia’s debt-ridden 1Malaysia Development Bhd has appointed Asri Hamidon as its new chairman, while US-based Baring Alternative Investments has appointed Pius Ho as its managing director for real estate and private equity/real assets for Asia Pacific.

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