The newly-appointed figure to Sun Hung Kai Capital Partners Limited has more than three decades' financial and asset management experience in Asia.

Hong Kong-based Sun Hung Kai & Co (SHK), an alternative investments firm, has named Christophe Lee as deputy chief executive of its funds management arm.

Lee is deputy CEO of Sun Hung Kai Capital Partners Limited.

Joining the firm this month, Lee has more than 32 years of financial services and asset management experience in Asia. Prior to joining SHK, he was the chief executive of IDEG Asset Management (Hong Kong) and held senior positions at SHK Financial, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. He was also the founder and CEO of Lotus Asset Management.

In addition, Lee is active in the development of Hong Kong’s asset management sector. He served as elected chairman of AIMA Hong Kong for eight years between 2004 and 2012, and was appointed by the HKSAR government to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) advisory committee from 2007 to 2009 and the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) from 2013 to 2019.