Appointments
Adrian Leung
Assistant vice-president - sales and marketing, group and credit insurance, health services department
American International Assurance Co (Bermuda)
Mr Leung will manage the sales and marketing function of the group insurance business. He brings nearly 15 years of marketing experience gained in the insurance and telecoms industries.
Steve Roder
Executive vice-president of AIA and chief financial officer of AIG Life Operations in Asia-Pacific
American International Group
Mr Roder joins from KPMG, where he was a partner and served as Asia-Pacific regional co-ordinating partner for financial services. Since joining KPMG in 1979, he has specialised in the insurance sector.
Lionel Kwok
Head of products for private banking North Asia
Credit Suisse
Mr Kwok will oversee the products and investment consulting teams. He will be based in Hong Kong. Previously the head of global markets Asia at Fortis Bank, Mr Kwok has more than 20 years experience in the investment banking and investment industry.
Francois Monnet
Managing director and head of private banking Southeast Asia and Australasia
Credit Suisse
Based in Singapore, Mr Monnet will focus on building up the firm's franchise across Southeast Asia, and growing the bank's domestic presence in Singapore, Australia and Indonesia. Mr Monnet joins from UBS.
Eric Yeung
Chief executive
TVB Pay Vision
Mr Yeung has more than 20 years of experience in print media, radio and television. Previously, Mr Yeung was the assistant to group managing director and acting general manager of RoadShow Holdings. A veteran of the Hong Kong radio broadcasting industry, Mr Yeung started his career in the media field in Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting.
David Fraser
Commercial director
FCm Travel Solutions
Mr Fraser will provide strategic direction for the commercial and financial operations of FCm's Greater China network of businesses. He brings five years of experience gained with FCm Travel Solutions and its parent Flight Centre.
Rudolf Apenbrink
Chief executive
HSBC Investments, Asia-Pacific
Dr Apenbrink will take up his new role in mid-July. He is currently chief executive of HSBC Investments in Germany. Dr Apenbrink joined HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt in Germany in 1993 and has been leading HSBC Investments in Germany since 2003.
Raymond Chan
Chief executive
AXA General Insurance China
Mr Chan is a chartered insurer with over 30 years of experience in developing and managing insurance business, having held senior management positions with several multinational insurance companies in the mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
Payson Cha Mou Sing
Chairman
HKR International
Mr Cha, 64, was appointed executive director in 1989 and executive deputy chairman in September 2001. He has been managing director of HKR Asia-Pacific since 1995.
Michael Li
Director, Hong Kong
BISYS Alternative Investment Services
Mr Li will be responsible for managing the day-to-day private equity operations, interfacing with Asia-based clients and overseeing the Hong Kong service teams. Previously, he worked for Deloitte & Touche and Arthur Andersen in San Francisco.
Choy Wang Kong
Chief executive
Honesty Treasure International Holdings
Mr Choy has over 30 years of experience in property development, manufacturing and natural resources exploration in Macau and the mainland. He is a director of Hotel Golden Dragon (Macao).
Olga Zoutendijk
Head, wholesale banking, Asia
Standard Chartered
Ms Zoutendijk brings more than 20 years of banking experience with ABN Amro Bank and most recently, Westpac Banking Corp, where she was group general manager of corporate and institutional banking.