Admin l Monday, July 25, 2022
WASHINGTON – The United States today announced Dominic Ng as Chairman and CEO of East West Bank. Dominic Ng was appointed U.S. member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC) on April 25 and will serve as the Chair during the United States’ APEC host year in 2023, office of the Spokesman, Secretary of State has said.
In this role, Mr. Ng will work closely with other ABAC members to provide recommendations to APEC Leaders reflecting the perspectives of key APEC stakeholders. For the remainder of Thailand’s APEC host year in 2022, Mr. Ng also will serve as ABAC Co-Chair alongside the Chair from Thailand.
Mr. Ng and his ABAC counterparts will advise APEC Leaders on issues affecting the continued economic growth of the APEC region. As ABAC Co-Chair in 2022 and Chair in 2023, Mr. Ng will represent ABAC in meetings with government and business dignitaries on the margins of ABAC meetings. As outgoing Chair in 2024, Mr. Ng will reprise his role as Co-Chair when Peru hosts APEC.
For more than 30 years, APEC has served as the premier economic platform for the United States to engage our regional partners on structural issues to advance a fair, open, sustainable and inclusive economic and trade architecture.
Created in 1995, ABAC consists of up to three business representatives from each APEC economy and is a key component of APEC’s multi-stakeholder approach to trade and economic policies. ABAC meets throughout the year to discuss policy recommendations, undertakes activities to promote trade and investment as well as sustainable and inclusive growth, and reports annually to APEC Leaders.
Mr. Ng leads East West Bank, the largest publicly-listed independent bank headquartered in Southern California. In his 30 years as CEO, Mr. Ng has transformed East West Bank from a small savings and loan association with $600 million in assets into a global full-service commercial bank with over $62 billion in assets.
Bank Director ranked East West as the No. 2 top performing large U.S. bank in 2022. Mr. Ng serves on the governing boards of Mattel, Inc., the University of Southern California, and the Academy of Motion Pictures. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Los Angeles Branch.
