Mark England has been appointed to the role of senior vice president and head of asset manager sector sales for Asia, based in Hong Kong. In his new role, England is responsible for further developing and executing State Street’s sales strategy for the asset management sector in the region. England joins State Street from Citibank, where he was most recently head of asset manager sales for the investor services group. He has more than 17 years of industry experience, having held positions in sales, implementation and operations functions in the Americas, Asia and Europe.

Colin Zhong has been named as head of global markets sales and trading and research for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining State Street, Zhong held senior roles at UBS and Deutsche, specialising in currency and fixed income rates products in locations including Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and New York.