Explainer | Who is Nicolas Aguzin, the former JPMorgan banker set to lead Hong Kong’s stock exchange operator?
- Aguzin has spent his entire banking career, which spans 30 years, at JPMorgan
- HKEX considered the Argentine’s nationality, which would save him from embarrassment should US-China relations worsen
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Who is Aguzin?
Aguzin, 52, is Argentinian by birth and a permanent resident of Hong Kong. He also holds a Croatian passport. He is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish, but not Mandarin.
He has spent his entire banking career – spanning 30 years – at the US investment bank. He joined JPMorgan in 1990 as a financial analyst after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Known affectionately as “Gucho” to his colleagues, Aguzin has served as the bank’s senior country officer in Brazil and CEO of JPMorgan Latin America. He led the bank’s sprawling Asia-Pacific business from 2012 until early 2020, and was most recently CEO of JPMorgan’s international private bank and a member of the operating committee overseeing the lender’s asset and wealth management operations.