Lombard Odier
has appointed Edwin Tan (main picture) as market head for Southeast Asia, effective 13 July. The post is a newly formed one, a spokesperson for the Swiss bank told WealthBriefing when asked about the matter.
Tan has almost 30 years’ industry experience under his belt. Prior to this role, he worked at DBS as market head for Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. He has also held senior positions at Credit Suisse, Siam Commercial Bank – Julius Baer and Deutsche Bank.
Based in Singapore and reporting to Omar Shokur, regional head for Asia, private clients, Tan will be responsible for launching and leading a new Southeast Asia market team. His appointment follows the hiring of Andrea Meierhofer, Southeast Asia market head who joined the bank in December 2024, and Alfred Low in September 2025 who leads Lombard Odier’s North Asia market.
“Lombard Odier is in full expansion mode in Asia and the appointment of Edwin reflects our continued commitment to investing in senior industry talent to drive this growth,” Omar Shokur, regional head for Asia, private clients, said.
HSBC
HSBC has appointed one of its senior figures, Gautam Anand (pictured below), as head of Global India, HSBC Private Bank.
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Gautam Anand
The UK/Hong Kong-listed lender said that Anand would help drive connectivity across HSBC’s international network for Global India clients.
With more than 25 years of experience across private banking, wealth management, and investment banking, Anand joined HSBC Private Bank in December 2023 as global coordinator, Global India, Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
In his new role, Anand will lead the Global India private banking franchise, overseeing coverage across India, and international hubs including Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and the UK. Anand will report to Tommy Leung (pictured below), head of the private bank for South Asia, and to Aladdin Hangari, head of the private bank for the MENA region and Turkey.
Tommy Leung
“Gautam brings deep experience and a strong track record in leading Global India client businesses, and his appointment will further strengthen how we connect our teams and capabilities across markets to better serve our clients,” Leung said in a statement.
Citigroup
Citigroup has appointed Bhavin Shukla as managing director, head of infrastructure, investment banking for Japan, Asia North, Australia and Asia South.
Shukla is joining from JP Morgan where he served as MD, head of Asia infrastructure investors coverage (ex-Australia) and head of India infrastructure investment banking.
Such roles feed into the ideas about trading, economics, new investments etc, that are shared across the US banking group, including its wealth and private banking businesses.
Giving its rationale for Shukla’s move, Citigroup said that Asia-Pacific is moving into an “infrastructure supercycle” – driven by energy transition, digital infrastructure, urbanisation, and record levels of private capital deployment.