The US-based asset manager has made a number of senior appointments to handle distribution of its funds and services in the Asia region.

T Rowe Price, the global investment house, has made several Asia-Pacific appointments for its distribution business.

Elsie Chan (pictured) has been appointed head of Asia-Pacific distribution to head up the firm’s distribution teams based in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. She is taking up the reins from Nick Trueman who has become the new head of Europe, Middle East and Africa distribution.

Chan joined the firm in Hong Kong in 2015 to build out the financial intermediaries business in Asia. She took on an expanded role as head of Asia ex-Japan distribution in 2018 to oversee the institutional and intermediary businesses in the region. 

Chan reports to Scott Keller, head of Americas, Asia Pacific and EMEA (AAE), a business area that was formed at the end of 2021 to tap the synergies and business practices to support clients in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA.

Glen Lee, who joined in July as head of the Asia ex-Japan intermediary business, will continue to lead the intermediary distribution teams in Hong Kong and Singapore to deepen the firm’s partnerships with private banks, retail banks and insurance companies.

Sae Joon Choi is named head of Southeast Asia and Korea institutional distribution, based in Singapore. George Chow is named head of Greater China institutional distribution business, based in Hong Kong. 

Choi and Chow joined T Rowe Price in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

T Rowe Price established its presence in the Asia-Pacific region in 1982 with the opening of its Tokyo office and has added offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai.