CIMB Group, the Asia-focused banking firm, has announced two senior appointments. David Thomas has been appointed as group chief risk officer reporting to the board, and assumes the responsibilities of the head of group risk of CIMB Group. He was previously chief risk officer for Asia-Pacific at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Encik Shahnaz Jammal, currently heading the group chief executive's offce, has been appointed as deputy group chief financial officer. He has been with the group since 2009, prior to which he was with Goldman Sachs.