When Alexander von zur Mühlen was promoted to Asia-Pacific chief executive of Deutsche Bank in the middle of 2020, one of his first acts was to decide on the future of the bank in southeast Asia.
Deutsche had long been active in the region. Its presence in Japan and China stretches back to the 1870s, while it has been in India since the 1890s. Only later did the Association of southeast Asian Nations (Asean)-part of the region come quietly into view, with new offices opening in cities such as Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Manila from the 1960s onwards.
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