StanChart name new Private Banking head
(29 July 2016 – Asia) Standard Chartered Private Bank has appointed Vivian Chan as its new Regional Head, Private Banking, Greater China and North Asia.
Starting in January 2017, Chan will be responsible for leading Standard Chartered’s Private Banking team and growing the business in Greater China and North Asia, with a strategic focus on the Hong Kong market as a core global wealth hub.
She will be based in Hong Kong and report to Didier von Daeniken, Global Head, Private Banking & Wealth Management.
Chan is a veteran in the private banking industry with more than 30 years of experience and expertise in building businesses and managing ultra high net worth (UHNW) client relationships.
She will replace Desmond Liu, who has been in the role since 2012. Desmond will retire from the Bank at the end of 2016, after more than 30 years in private banking.
Chan has been working with the bank’s competitor Barclays since 2013, where she was Regional Head of North Asia, Private Banking. She has also held senior leadership roles at Credit Suisse and Citibank.
She will join another former Barclays executive, Srinivas Siripurapu who was last month appointed Standard Chartered’s Regional Head, Private Banking, ASEAN & South Asia and Global Head, Non-Resident Indian.
“Our Private Banking and Wealth Management business in this region is of critical importance to Standard Chartered’s long-term growth strategy,” von Daeniken said.
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