This publication brings latest news of appointments in the Asia-Pacific wealth management sector.

Friends Provident International, part of UK-listed Aviva, has appointed Kevin Stone as regional sales director, based in Singapore.

Stone, who reports to Andrew Waddell, will lead the sales function and oversee all key strategic relationships with intermediaries including independent financial advisors, international brokers, banks and third party distributors in Singapore. (See here for an interview with Waddell.)

Previously, Stone was managing director of Charter Financial Planning, Australia’s second-largest financial advisory firm. He has held senior roles at AXA, both in the UK and Australia, and AMP, FPI said in a statement. 

Recently, FPI sponsored a Breakfast Briefing in Singapore organised by this news service, to explore the world of critical illness cover and the use thereof by wealth management clients.