There have been short-lived "love affairs" of bank CEOs.

In recent years, there has been a fairly frequent wave of high-level personnel changes in banks. People have become accustomed to seeing a boss from bank A suddenly resign and have their name listed at bank B.

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According to a bank CEO, being a top bank executive is also a job, a profession. Like other employees, they also have the desire to change jobs when they no longer feel it's a good fit. Often, having talent, vision, and a good environment isn't enough; staying with a bank also requires a certain kind of connection.

As the aforementioned bank director put it, many bank executives seem to be "out of sync" with the place they come from or the position they hold, so after a short time, they quietly say goodbye.

NCB Bank is a case in point. Mr. Dao Trong Khanh took over as General Director on December 11, 2015, but after only 9 months, he suddenly resigned without explanation.

Before Mr. Dao Trong Khanh became director, Ms. Tran Hai Anh held this position from February 2014. After Mr. Khanh became CEO, Ms. Hai Anh served as the permanent Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. In December 2016, Ms. Hai Anh became Chairman, replacing Mr. Vu Hong Nam.

Before joining NCB, Mr. Khanh was more familiar with the banking and finance industry, having served as the Permanent Vice Chairman of Maritime Bank since 2012. He was considered a key right-hand man of Chairman Tran Anh Tuan and was part of the committee that spearheaded the merger of MDB into Maritime Bank. Prior to that, Mr. Khanh worked at prestigious international banks such as Citi Group, Caylon Bank, and Mizuho Bank, and previously held the positions of General Director and Board Member of Tienphongbank (now TPBank).

At Techcombank, Mr. Murat Yuldashev also only held the position of CEO for a short period. Starting as CEO on April 18, 2015, he resigned in January 2016 for personal reasons and officially left the bank in early March 2016. In total, this foreign executive only spent three years at Techcombank.

VietABank has also had CEOs who had little luck with the bank. In 2012, Mr. Nguyen Duy Hieu was appointed CEO, but after only 8 months, in early August 2012, Mr. Hieu moved to become CEO of ABBank. At that time, he was the youngest CEO in the banking industry. At ABBank, Mr. Hieu held the CEO position for more than 2 years before resigning.

Later on, Viet A also had a CEO, Mr. Le Xuan Vu, who only held the position for a little over 3 months, from August to November 2016.

Besides those CEOs who had a poor track record with their chosen banks, there are also those who held the CEO position for over a decade, even more than 20 years. For example, Mr. Le Van Be served as CEO of MB for 15 years (from 1995 to 2009), and his successor, Mr. Le Cong, held the CEO position for 7 years, from 2010 to the beginning of this year.

For example, Mr. Nguyen Van Le served as the General Director of Nhon Ai Bank (the former name of SHB) from 1999 until 2012 when the bank merged with Habubank, and Mr. Le continued as CEO until now – a total of 18 years.

At Dong A Bank, Mr. Tran Phuong Binh also served as the bank's General Director for 17 years, from 1988 to 2015. Ms. Tran Thi Viet Anh served as the General Director of Saigonbank for 13 years, from 2004 until her retirement in mid-June this year.

But when it comes to the longest-serving CEO of a bank, a lifetime of experience as a CEO, we cannot fail to mention Ms. Thai Huong, who has been the General Director of Bac A Bank for 23 years, from 1994 to the present.

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