The latest moves in wealth management across Asia-Pacific.

The Fry Group, a global financial advisory firm specialising in working with UK expats around the world, has appointed Stephen Kelly as senior consultant in Singapore.

.Kelly will lead The Fry Group’s Asia tax offering, working with the wider team including local tax consultant Stephanie Chan, based in Hong Kong, Jasmine Ee, Tax associate in Singapore. He and the team will also work with the group’s UK-based tax advisors.

The new appointee has more than 19 years’ in personal tax, specialising in residency issues and international payroll. Kelly was previously UK tax and payroll manager at Immedis, a global payroll and employment tax specialist firm based in Dublin, where he headed up the UK team responsible for delivering personal tax planning and tax returns, handling specific tax award schemes, and working with clients on residency issues globally. Prior to that, he worked for RSM Tenon (now part of Baker Tilly), working with private clients including non-domiciles, high net worth ndividuals, company directors, partnerships and expats.

The appointment follows that of Gary Smithson at the start of 2018, who joined as financial panning consultant in Singapore. The firm operates from offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, the UK and Belgium.

The Fry Group has a team of financial advisers offering a range of different tax and financial planning services across offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, the UK and Belgium.