Hikaru Ogata, Chief Executive Officer for Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking Asia Pacific, offers an overview of Societe Generale's Asian strategy
05/08/2015
In a recent interview conducted by Stefania Palma from The Banker magazine, Hikaru Ogata, Chief Executive Officer for Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking Asia Pacific, offers an overview of Societe Generale's Asian strategy and perspective into the growth objectives across different countries in the region.
Contrary to many global banks retreating from various businesses in Asia-Pacific, Société Générale is not only staying, but also growing in the region. How is it staying profitable? Stefania Palma asks the lender's Asia-Pacific CEO, Hikaru Ogata.
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