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Threadneedle appoints June Wong as CEO Hong Kong
Ms. Wong will spearhead the institutional business in the region along with Jon Allen, Head of Institutional, South East Asia.
Threadneedle appoints June Wong as CEO Hong Kong
Ms. Wong will spearhead the institutional business in the region along with Jon Allen, Head of Institutional, South East Asia.
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Asia appoints two EC Harris executives
Alan Brookes and Richard Warburton have been selected as new RICS Asia member and RICS Singapore member respectively.
MTR Corp hires Jay Walder as CEO
Walder, chairman of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, will head Hong Kong’s urban rail operator come 2012.
Standard Chartered appoints Darcy Lai as Regional Head
Darcy will head Origination and Client Coverage and was most recently with Barclays Capital as Head of Investment Banking and Debt Capital Markets in Asia Pacific.
Cathay Pacific names Martin James Murray as Finance Director
The current Deputy Finance Director of Swire Pacific Limited will succeed James Edward Hughes-Hallett who will quit his post on Nov. 18.
BEA Union Investment appoints Eleanor Wan as CEO
Effective today, Ms Wan succeeds Mr Ilex Lam, who joined the Company as CEO in 2007.
Metrojet names Tan Siah-Joo as Corporate Development Director
Tan has over worked in the commercial aviation industry for 30 years, including his term in Singapore Airlines.
HSBC appoints Joseph Jacobelli as global co-head of Cleantech and head of utilities
Based in Hong Kong, he reports to Chris Georgs, Head of Equity Research, Asia Pacific.Â
Marriott International appoints Neelima Chopra as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Asia-Pacific
The position was created in accordance with Marriott International’s continental structure.
Ernst & Young appoints Keith Pogson as Asia-Pacific Financial Services Leader
Pogson is the Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
ACE Life Hong Kong appoints 4 senior executives
The appointees to fill up the insurer’s agency, marketing, operations and financial departments.
HSBC appoints Rohit Joshi as Head of Global Payments and Cash Management in Singapore
Joshi is moving from Hong Kong where he spent three years as Senior Manager for Commercial Banking.
HSBC Global Asset Management appoints Bill Maldonado as Regional CIO
He will relocate from London to Hong Kong in August 2011. Dr Maldonado oversees the investment strategies in Asia where the firm has US$72 billion of assets under management as at the end of March 2011.
Kingsoft names Lei Jun as Chairman
Lei, who was vital in transforming Kingsoft from a traditional software into an on demand software company, replaces Kau Pak Kwan upon the latter’s recommendation.
Metrojet names Wyn Li as Marketing and Client Relations Director
The company considers Li’s 20 years of marketing and sales experience in the aviation and hospitality industry an asset to its sustained business growth in Asia.
Colliers International names Simon Lo as Asia Head of Research
With the strategic appointment of Lo, the company proceeds to grow its research platform and capabilities to further integrate its services across Asia.
HSBC appoints Simon Williams Group Head of Wealth Management
The Camelot Financial Capital Management LLC founder will be based in Hong Kong effective 11 July 2011.
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