This publication brings more news about moves in the Asia-Pacific wealth management industry.

Friends Provident International, part of the Aviva group of financial firms, has appointed Adrian Emery as chief executive, taking over from Khor Hock Seng who leaves in October to become group CEO of Great Eastern after only two months in the CEO role, although he had been with the firm for more than two years in total.

“While Mr Khor has only been in post as FPI CEO for a short time, he joined Aviva in early 2013 as CEO Aviva Asia and during his tenure led the turnaround of the region, delivering strong VNB [value of new business] growth across Aviva’s core markets in Asia,” FPI, which is based in Singapore, said in a statement.

FPI provides products and services to affluent and high net worth clients, such as expatriates in Asia.

Chris Wei, executive chairman, Aviva Asia and FPI and global chairman, Aviva Digital, will continue to oversee the region and lead the growth strategy of both Aviva Asia and FPI, the statement said.

Emery joined Aviva in January 2015 as director of business development for Global Life. 

James Tan, managing director for Hong Kong; Marcus Gent, managing director Middle East and rest of world; Chris Gill, general manager, Southeast Asia; and Caroline Cornish, general manager, Isle of Man, will continue in their roles at FPI.

To see the story about FPI's appointment of Khor, click here.