Novan is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Group Wholesale Banking (GWB) where he is jointly responsible to oversee the GWB Division. On the day-to-day management, he is responsible for Group Corporate Banking, Group Investment Banking, Group Private Banking, Corporate Coverage and Public Sector Group.

In addition, Novan is the Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Investment Bank Berhad.

Novan comes with more than 20 years’ experience in investment banking and corporate finance across Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Singapore. He has extensive experience in client coverage, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private placements, derivative solutions and bank financing.

Prior to joining CIMB, Novan was with J.P. Morgan where he was Head of Equity Capital Markets, Southeast Asia and Head of Investment Banking, Malaysia.

CIMB Group is a leading focused ASEAN bank and one of the region’s foremost corporate advisors. It is also a world leader in Islamic finance.

The Group is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and offers consumer banking, commercial banking, investment banking, Islamic banking and asset management products and services. It is the fifth largest banking group by assets in ASEAN and, as at the end of September 2023, had over 33,000 staff and around 22 million customers.

CIMB Group Holdings Berhad has been listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia since 1987 and has market capitalisation of RM57.9 billion as at 30 September 2023. As at 30 September 2023, total assets stood at RM737.7 billion, with total shareholders’ funds of RM68.2 billion and total Islamic assets of RM195.1 billion. At the end of September 2023, the substantial shareholders were Khazanah Nasional Berhad with 23.0%, Employees Provident Fund with 15.8% and Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) with 6.1%.