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Societe Generale Hires UOB Veteran to Lead Supply Chain Finance
Joseph Chia, former UOB senior vice president, joins Societe Generale to head supply chain management in Asia Pacific, signaling a push into open-account trade.
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Societe Generale appointed Joseph Chia as head of supply chain management for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. He reports to Soo Tat Kua, head of global transaction and payment services for Asia Pacific, and to Aurélien Viry, chief executive of Societe Generale Factoring.
Chia spent more than 25 years in supply chain finance, trade finance and transaction banking. Most recently, he was senior vice president for regional group sales at UOB, where he led working capital and supply chain finance solutions for corporate clients. Before UOB, he spent 17 years at SMBC, eventually becoming group head of supply chain finance for Asia Pacific, overseeing teams across 13 markets.