Scott Campbell (left) and Shivanan Sivarajah

MUFG Bank has announced two strategic appointments within its global corporate and investment banking unit in Asia-Pacific to spearhead greater growth of its regional franchise.

They are Scott Campbell as head of sector coverage for Asia-Pacific and Shivanan Sivarajah as head of project finance for Asia. Their appointments took effect on June 1.

Campbell will be responsible for sharpening MUFG’s strategic focus around key industries, with the aim of delivering multi-product solutions, including corporate acquisition finance, to sectoral relationships and strengthening its overall client coverage across the region.

Sivarajah will be responsible for enhancing the bank’s reputation as Asia’s premier project finance house by adapting the business to market changes and providing best-in-class solutions for clients across the region ( excluding Japan and Oceania ).

Both Campbell and Sivarajah are existing MUFG senior executives, having joined the bank in 2019. They are both based in Singapore. Campbell will report to Yutaka Fujishiro, deputy head of global corporate and investment banking for Asia-Pacific, while Sivarajah will report to Tatsuya Konishi, head of investment banking for Asia-Pacific.

Campbell has over 20 years’ experience across Asia-Pacific, spanning disciplines from leveraged and acquisition finance, infrastructure origination and execution to loan distribution for non-bank financial institutions ( NBFI ). He joined MUFG as deputy head of utilities, infrastructure and transport ( UIT ) and broadened his role to head UIT for Asia-Pacific, helping the bank make strong headway in its up-tiering efforts in this sector. Prior to MUFG, Campbell was in Hong Kong for over five years, helming leadership roles building out Natixis’ NBFI business  and ANZ’s acquisition and leveraged finance presence in North Asia.

Sivarajah has over 20 years of experience in corporate and investment banking across Europe and Asia-Pacific, covering disciplines including project finance, leveraged and acquisition finance, sector coverage and debt capital markets. He joined MUFG as head of energy and resources and helped develop a more focused client set within the sector while spearheading the origination and execution of high-value mandates as well as regional energy transition initiatives. Prior to MUFG, Sivarajah spent nine years with ING Bank building up its project finance franchise as its head of offshore energy APAC, energy sector.