A summary of moves across the APAC wealth management sector during January.

Arthur Fong joined Wisdom Family Office, a multi-family office, as managing director and senior advisor. Fong joined after concluding his role with Paragon Capital Management (Hong Kong), an external asset manager (EAM), on 15 January. He set up Paragon's Hong Kong office as its local CEO, establishing the firm's North Asia presence. He has also worked at Schroders, Bank of Singapore, Credit Suisse, UBS and Citigroup. 

Raffles Family Office appointed Pradinan Arkarachinores as managing director, relationship manager, reporting to Kendrick Lee, CEO, Singapore. Arkarachinores has more than 20 years of experience in wealth management, most recently with BNP Paribas. 

The private banking arm of Deutsche Bank appointed Stephen Yeung as director in the investment management team in the German bank’s North Asia coverage region. Based in Hong Kong and reporting to Stephen So, Yeung has more than 20 years of combined experience from UBS and Credit Suisse, where he was a senior investment consultant. 

Fiera Capital, a Toronto-listed asset manager, hired Chinatsu Aoyama as director, private markets specialist, Fiera Capital Asia. Aoyama is based in Fiera’s Tokyo office. She reports to CJ Morrell, managing director, head of Japan at Fiera Capital Asia. Prior to his new post, Aoyama was a director at HQ Capital, a global private equity firm, based in Singapore.

Hanover, an executive search group, appointed Danny Jones, chief executive of his eponymous firm, Huddleston Jones. Based in Dubai, Jones leads Hanover’s regional platform, managing financial services in the GCC and wider Middle East-Asia corridors. He built the Huddleston Jones firm 13 years ago alongside Arran Huddleston. The group CEO of Hanover is James Emmett.

Singapore-based Lighthouse Canton appointed Gurjeet Sohi as managing director and head of Wealth Management for India. Sohi brought nearly three decades of experience from Deutsche Bank, where he held senior positions across wealth management and private banking.

Partners Capital made seven promotions to its leadership team, including appointments of three partners and four managing directors in its San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, London, and Singapore offices.

Farro Capital appointed Priyaka Dhingra as head of impact and sustainable finance. Dhingra has worked across family offices, institutional platforms, and multilateral initiatives.

Sun Life appointed Frankie Leung as the new chief agency officer for Asia. He is based in Hong Kong, reporting to David Broom, chief client and distribution officer, Asia.

Citi appointed Jessica Rowe as director, Spread Products Syndication, Australia and APAC and Dane Harris as vice president in the A$ Debt Syndicate team. Rowe previously spent 10 years at NAB, where she had a long track record of syndicating securitised products in the UK and Australian market. Most recently, Rowe spent the last four years running the syndication desk in London, connecting Australian issuers with the integral UK and EU investor base. Jessica was based in Sydney prior to that.

HSBC appointed ValentĂ­n Valderrábano as chief commercial officer for international wealth and premier banking. Valderrábano moved from New York to Hong Kong to take on the new role, reporting to Barry O’Byrne, chief executive officer, IWPB. Valderrábano joined from Citibank, where he most recently served as chief operating officer for its global wealth business.

Fairlight Capital Partners appointed William George as partner, part of its push into the advisor and family office markets in Australia, based in Sydney. George is a former associate director of the Table Club, a network of family offices in Australia. With roles at firms such KPMG Australia and PAC Partners, George has almost 15 years’ industry experience.

Pacific Life Re appointed Jia Yi Tan as its new global chief underwriting and claims officer, based in the Singapore office. Jia Yi Tan replaced Andrew Doran who took on the role of CEO at UnderwriteMe, the insurtech subsidiary of Pacific Life Re. 

UBS Global Wealth Management appointed James Cheo to join its chief investment office team for the Asia-Pacific region, covering Southern Asia and Australia. He is based in Singapore and reports to Tan Min Lan, head CIO APAC. Prior to this, Cheo was at HSBC Global Private Banking and Wealth, where he served as regional CIO for Southeast Asia and India, leading cross-asset investment strategies for UHNW clients, family offices, and institutional investors.

Citigroup appointed Erica Poon Werkun as the head of research for Japan, Asia North & Australia (JANA) and Asia South, reporting to Lucy Baldwin, global head of research. She is based in Hong Kong. Poon Werkun joined Citigroup in June 2025 as JANA and Asia South deputy head of research and became the interim head of research for JANA and Asia South in September 2025. Prior to Citigroup, she was managing director and head of Asia Pacific Research at Credit Suisse from 2019 to 2024.

DBS Bank promoted one of its senior figures, Gregory Wu, as head of managed solutions for Hong Kong, reporting to Horace Zeng. This is a new position in Hong Kong. Prior to this, Wu was team lead, private bank and private assets, for three years and five months. 

Standard Chartered appointed former Bank of Singapore figure Hu Hong as group market head in its private bank. Based in Singapore, Hu Hong reports to Foo Tian Ong, regional head, Southeast Asia and Singapore location head, Standard Chartered Global Private Bank.

The bank appointed Sundeep Gantori – based in Singapore – as global chief investment officer for equities, which was a new position at the bank. Gantori has close to two decades of experience as an equity strategist. He was previously at UBS, where he was most recently CIO equity strategist at UBS Global Wealth Management Chief Investment Office. The lender also named Jonathan Liang as chief investment officer for fixed income and foreign exchange – another new role.

Bank of Singapore appointed a former HSBC Global Private Banking relationship manager, Priyanka Maheshwari as executive director. She worked at HSBC for seven years at its private bank; before that, Maheshwari was at Citibank for more than three years as a relationship manager, and worked for more than five years at Standard Chartered, also as an RM.

The Hong Kong Investment Funds Association (HKIFA) appointed former senior UBS wealth management figure Paula Ip as chief executive. Ip has more than 30 years of experience in asset management and wealth advisory. She served in senior roles at leading international financial institutions, including UBS, GAM, ING, and JP Morgan (Chase) Asset Management. 

Albert Yan, a former executive director at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, started a new job at Standard Chartered at its private banking arm in the Asian city. Yan worked at Morgan Stanley from June 2017.