MUFG announced the appointment of Yoshi Katsuda as Regional Head for Middle East. Yoshi will be responsible for all operations from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) branch in Dubai as MUFG. His appointment is effective from 20 September 2024 and will report into Hidefumi Yamamura, Regional Executive, MUFG EMEA.
Having joined MUFG 25 years ago, Yoshi has held a number of senior positions across client-facing, product and planning roles in Japan and EMEA. Most recently, Yoshi was Head of the Global Corporate Banking Office in the GCIB Planning Division in Tokyo and prior to this spent three years as Head of Business Strategy Management in the DIFC Branch from 2018 to 2021. Yoshi replaces Yohsuke “Ricky” Takahashi who successfully led the operations within the Middle East region since July 2023.
