The executive had been chief wealth officer at Prudential from March last year, based in Hong Kong.

Prudential Wealth Management has appointed one of its senior figures in the UK-listed Prudential family of firms as its chief executive, based in Hong Kong.

Benn Rudd is CEO, Prudential Wealth Management, based on his Linkedin profile. This news service has contacted Prudential for comment and detail and may update in due course. The firm made no reference to the move on its website at the time of going to press.

Before this role, Rudd was chief wealth officer from March last year, based in Hong Kong, at Prudential Hong Kong, and chief investment officer at the same firm from February 2017 to March 2021, his Linkedin profile shows. Previously, he was CIO at Caravel Asset Management for three years, based in Hong Kong.