HSBC Private Banking Adds To Asian Team

Tom Burroughes

12 September 2019

has hired three senior figures to join its investment services and product solutions group leadership team in Asia-Pacific.

The bank has appointed Lina Lim as regional head of discretionary, Asia, HSBC Private Banking.

It has also appointed Rocky Cheung as head of investment counselling, Mainland China and Taiwan Markets, and Simon Hwang as investment counselling team head for the Mainland China Market.

Lina Lim was previously at JP Morgan Wealth Management, where she worked for over a decade in a number of roles, most recently spearheading the institutional wealth management’s discretionary business in Asia for family offices, endowments and foundations. Prior to her time at JP Morgan, she was senior portfolio manager with Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management. Lim is based in Hong Kong., and reports to Abdel Ben Tkhayet and Jackie Mau, co-heads of ISPS, Asia Pacific, HSBC Private Banking.

Rocky Cheung joins from DBS Private Bank, where he was head of investment product and advisory. Cheung has over 24 years of financial industry and private banking experience, with a focus on private clients. Prior to his time at DBS, he focused on derivatives trading system design for the Hong Kong Futures Exchange. Based in Hong Kong, he will lead all the investment counsellors covering mainland China and Taiwan markets. Cheung also reports to Jackie Mau and Abdel Ben Tkhayet.

Simon Hwang joins HSBC Private Banking from Citi Private Bank, where he led the mainland China and Taiwan investment counselling team. He has over 19 years of investment advisory experience having worked at global banks, corporations and hedge funds. Prior to his time at Citi, Hwang worked at China Everbright Holdings and Ludgate Hill Investment Management and co-founded the investment firm, Pangu Capital. He reports to Rocky Cheung, head of investment counselling, Mainland China and Taiwan Markets, HSBC Private Banking.

The private bank’s ISPS team includes investment counsellors and product specialists responsible for providing sophisticated financial advisory to high net worth clients with more than $5 million in investible assets.