Arora previously spent five years as managing director and head of strategic initiatives and new markets at Bank of Singapore, according to his LinkedIn profile. There, he was responsible for the turnaround of the bank’s UK franchise, covering external asset manager and family office business across Europe and Asia. Before that, he was global head of NRI business at Merrill Lynch, where he doubled both the client base and assets under management, taking the latter to over $4 billion in under two years. Arora has also worked at Citibank as an area director.

Based in Singapore, Arora will lead Silverdale’s strategic business development and build on its fund offering for private banks, external asset managers, family offices, institutional and ultra-high net worth clients across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

“His appointment demonstrates our commitment to seek top talent to best serve our investors and grow our target markets,” said Sanjay Guglani, founder and chief investment officer at Silverdale.

“Aseem’s leadership would be instrumental in serving our stakeholders and increasing Silverdale footprint across the world.”