A roundup of the moves and appointments in banks and other wealth management organisations in the Asia region.

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking appointed William Xiong as head of loan syndicate for the Asia-Pacific region, and Gregoire Bielle as head of private credit sales for the Asia-Pacific region.

According to the firm, Xiong joined Natixis CIB's loan syndication team in 2017. He is based in Singapore and reports to Arnaud Francillon, head of distribution and portfolio management, Asia-Pacific; Fabrice Guesde, head of credit markets and global structured credit and solutions, Asia-Pacific; and Chris Lovgren, head of global credit syndicate. Locally, Xiong reports to Sanjeev Kumar, senior country manager in Singapore and head of South-East and South Asia. Bielle joined Natixis CIB in December 2022 as head of private credit sales for the Asia-Pacific region the firm said. 

Based in Singapore, he reports to Francillon as well as Eric Elbaz, head of sales and financial engineering, Asia-Pacific; and Victoria Goodenough, global head of private credit sales. Locally, Bielle reports to Kumar. Bielle is responsible for the private credit sales team for the Asia-Pacific region. He has more than 14 years’ experience from financial institutions in London and Singapore.

Deutsche Bank appointed Johanes Oeni as a managing director and head of the international private bank in South-East Asia. Based in Singapore, Oeni reports to Jin-Yee Young, head of IPB Asia-Pacific

Shang-Wei Chow was previously the head of SEA, while Anurag Mahesh, vice chairman of Deutsche Bank international private bank APAC, served as the interim head.

Serena Sim joined Brown Advisory as head of intermediary sales, Asia, based in its Singapore office. Sim was previously at Janus Henderson, where she was head of intermediary sales for Southeast Asia.

Citigroup appointed Tibor Pandi as the new country officer for Singapore and took the helm from Amol Gupte, who is head of South Asia and the ASEAN region for the US bank. A 22-year Citi veteran, Pandi was the chief country officer for Thailand which he was appointed to in 2017.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons appointed Wendy Wong as a partner in its Hong Kong employment group. The move was a return to the business for Wong. During her prior time at Simmons, Wong completed secondments to the firm’s offices in London, Beijing and Shanghai, as well as with two major investment banks. 

The CEO of Bloomberg Index Services, part of news, business information and data group Bloomberg, Steve Berkley, retired and was succeeded by Dave Gedeon. Gedeon had been Berkley’s deputy.

Eastspring Investments appointed Faizal Gaffoor as deputy regional chief executive and head of products and partnerships. Gaffoor reports to Wendy Lim, regional CEO for Asia and global head of distribution, marketing and products. With more than a quarter of a century’s experience in the asset management sphere, Gaffoor was previously MD and group chief marketing officer for UOB Asset Management.

BlackRock appointed James Raby as APAC head of wealth. Raby, who most recently served as APAC chief financial officer, is based in Hong Kong, where he oversees finance, corporate strategy and corporate development initiatives across the region. An Australian national, his service with the firm dates back to 2005 when he was a director of strategy for Barclays and later a Principal at BGI, which BlackRock acquired in 2008.

Leo Wealth, the international wealth firm with offices in the US and Asia, appointed Vivian Hu as managing director and senior client advisor, based in Hong Kong. Hu, formerly of Pictet Wealth Management, works with Leo Wealth’s global network, including the tax and planning team in Tokyo. Hu started her career in wealth management in New York, before moving to Hong Kong in 2019 to join Pictet Wealth Management.

The board of Citibank Taiwan elected Aftab Ahmed, the former Citigroup country officer for the Philippines, as its new chairman, subject to regulatory approval. Ahmed took over from Paulus Mok who retired in January as CTL chairman and Citi CEO for Taiwan. Ahmed, a 40-year plus Citigroup veteran, previously worked in Taiwan as global consumer banking operations and technology head.

Bank of Singapore appointed private banker Jason Moo as its new CEO. He succeeds Bahren Shaari who retired at the end of last year after 13 years with the bank. Vincent Choo, a member of the bank’s board of directors, was appointed interim CEO. SA Singaporean, Moo has more than 25 years of experience in private banking, wealth management and capital markets including 22 years with Goldman Sachs. He joined from Julius Baer where he was the head of private banking, Southeast Asia and branch manager Singapore. Shaari was appointed CEO in 2015. Under his leadership, the bank integrated Barclays Asia after the acquisition.