Sumitomo Mitsui Banking to appoint Fukutome next chief executive -source

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, the main banking arm of Japan's second-largest financial group, will appoint Senior Managing Executive Officer Akihiro Fukutome as its next chief executive, a person with knowledge of the matter said late on Wednesday.

Fukutome is currently co-head of Sumitomo Mitsui's (SMBC) global banking unit, taking charge of the Americas division and the Europe, Middle East and Africa division. The source declined to be identified as the information is still private.

Fukutome joined Mitsui Bank, one of SMBC's predecessor banks, in 1985 and had a three-year stint as president at Toyota Motor Corp's financial services unit from 2018.

Jun Ota will remain at the helm of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, SMBC's parent.

(Reporting by Makiko Yamazaki; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)