People Moves
Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - State Street, Old Mutual International
The latest wealth management moves across the Asia-Pacific region.
State Street
State Street,
the US financial services group, has appointed Cara Brosnan as
head of sector solutions for Australia and Southeast Asia, with
immediate effect.
In this newly-created role, Brosnan will lead sales across all of
State Street’s products and client sectors, including asset
managers, asset owners, insurance, official institutions and
alternatives in Australia and Southeast Asia. Based in Sydney,
she will report to Jason Rich, head of sector solutions,
Asia-Pacific.
Brosnan has more than 17 years of experience in sales and
business development within the banking and financial services
sector. Prior to joining State Street, she served as the regional
head of Insurance Sector Sales for HSBC Securities Services in
Asia-Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, she was responsible for leading
HSBC’s custody and fund administration growth in the insurance
sector across Asia. Before moving to Hong Kong, she was the sales
director at HSBC Securities Services in Australia and Europe.
Old Mutual International
Old
Mutual International, part of Quilter, has hired two new
directors in Singapore to serve rapid growth in high net worth
clients in the region. Claire Tan and Christabel Fernandez, will
broaden the sales team in Singapore and South East Asia, seeking
to extend the wealth manager’s distribution partnerships and
support existing regional relationships, the group said.
Tan joins from the private banking sector where she spent time as a portfolio counsellor and relationship manager. Prior roles included multi-family office and asset management remits in the independent wealth sector.
Fernandez was previously an institutional broker specialising in the ultra-high net worth insurance space advising private bankers and their clients. Her experience also includes relationship management covering the high net worth South East Asia segment at multinational banks.
The CEO for Singapore at Old Mutual International, Ian Kloss, said that they will bring broader coverage, and increase headcount and “industry connections”.
