HSBC appointed Ronald Tham as Global Banking's Head of Coverage and Family Office in Hong Kong

The series of senior appointments in HSBC's Global Banking team is seen to strenthen their existing Global Banking platform.

According to HSBC, the new appointments are an integral part of HSBC's ongoing commitment to growth in its core emerging markets across the region.

Russell Julius, Managing Director and Head of Global Banking, Asia-Pacific, said: “These new roles will reinforce our on-the-ground capabilities, while further aligning HSBC’s ongoing strategic ambitions in Asia-Pacific and alignment between country/region and sector. The combined expertise will provide HSBC’s Global Banking franchise in Asia-Pacific with a wealth of experience, strengthening and adding value to the seamless services we provide to our clients.”

Ronald Tham has been appointed Head of Coverage and Family Office, Hong Kong, Global Banking. In this new role, Mr Tham will assume responsibility for servicing and extending relationships with Hong Kong-based clients and private family offices across the territory by working closely with other HSBC businesses, including Global Private Banking and Global Markets, to ensure seamless, one-stop-shop solutions for Hong Kong clients. He reports to Liu Che Ning, Head of Global Banking, Hong Kong and Greater China. Mr Tham was at Macquarie Capital since 2004 where he was Senior Managing Director, Head of Hong Kong Coverage and Head of Real Estate Group for Asia. Prior to that, he worked for HSBC investment banking team for approximately 10 years.

Roger de Basto has been appointed Head of Transaction Management, Equity Capital Markets of Global Banking, Asia Pacific. In this newly-created role, he will be responsible for the execution of Equity Capital Markets mandates for all clients across Asia-Pacific, ex-Hong Kong, and will report to Mr Julius. Prior to joining HSBC, Mr de Basto was Head of Equity Capital Markets Execution at Macquarie and its predecessor in Asia- Pacific, ING.

Rajeev Sahney, currently Global Head of Retail, Corporate Sector Group (CSG), Global Banking, will relocate to Hong Kong from London, and assume the role of Head of CSG, Asia-Pacific, Global Banking. Companies within the broadly defined CSG are enjoying high rates of growth across the region, and CSG is strategically positioned in major Global Banking hubs to take advantage of this growth. Mr Sahney will continue to report functionally to Hugo Heath, Global Head of CSG in London, and locally to Mr Julius.