The firm has added a clutch of team leaders to various posts for the North Asia region.

Credit Suisse has appointed five team leaders for its north Asia private banking business. 

Sunny Ho joined the bank as team leader for the Hong Kong market in September. Ho, who brings more than 22 years of banking experience, was previously head of private banking at China Minsheng Bank where he was responsible for the development and implementation of business strategies. Prior to that, Ho worked at HSBC, Citibank and Societe Generale. In his new role, he reports to Rickie Chan, market group head of Hong Kong.

Edith Wong, who joined as team leader for the China market in September, has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, working with ultra-high net worth clients. She previously served in a similar role at JP Morgan Private Bank. Before that Wong, who spent 12 years at UBS Wealth Management in Hong Kong, will report to Martin Loh, market group head of China.

Mel Chua has been named team leader for Greater China Singapore. He served as the head of front office [business] at the Bank of China Private Bank, starting in 2018. Before that, Chua worked at Bank of Singapore (Hong Kong Branch), UBS and HSBC Singapore. Chua will report to John Huang, market leader, Greater China Singapore, and Huang will report to Eddy Sze, market group head of Hong Kong.

Edward Lee, working for Credit Suisse since 2008, has been made team leader for the Hong Kong market, after having been a senior investment consultant for Greater China, where he was responsible for driving investment sales momentum and client engagement. Besides Credit Suisse, he has served in senior roles at HSBC and Citibank. 

Steven Lau, who has worked at Credit Suisse for more than five years, has been appointed team leader in the Hong Kong market. He was involved in and also originated several integrated bank deals, including private equity, pass-through-notes and global markets solutions for family offices. Prior to joining the bank, Steven was with Marex Spectron, BNP Paribas and Ernst & Young. He will report to Eddy Sze, market group head of Hong Kong.

“We see private banking North Asia as a strategic growth pillar for the bank and have invested significantly in bolstering our teams and platforms to effectively capture the region’s opportunities. To continue elevating our capability here, we are expanding our management bench strength with the appointment of five new team leaders to drive growth momentum in this critical region,” Francois Monnet, head of private banking for North Asia, said. 

At the end of August, Credit Suisse hired Matthew Peh as a managing director (pictured) and team head of emerging Asia and ultra-high net worth investment consulting - a newly-created role. The Zurich-listed bank also named Rafael Lopez Lorenzo as chief compliance officer, who is in the post full time after taking over from Thomas Grotzer, the former interim CCO, folllowing a shakeup by the bank during the Archegos affair.