Indonesia’s biggest state-owned banks undergo major leadership shakeups

Indonesia's biggest state-owned banks undergo major leadership shakeups Indonesia's biggest state-owned banks undergo major leadership shakeups

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s three largest state-owned banks have seen a major leadership shakeup this week, with two new CEOs appointed plus dozens of directors and commissioners replaced.

The government has presented the long-anticipated move as an effort to professionalize the lenders’ management. It came a week after a market panic — in which the three banks’ shares were among the biggest fallers — forced Jakarta’s stock exchange to briefly suspend trading.