13/04/2010
First State Investments recruits in Asia
First State Investments has added to its personnel in Asia with the goal of developing its presence in the institutional investor market, which currently represents about 40% of its activities, Asian Investor reports. Alexis Ng, who previously worked for First State in Singapore, becomes managing director for South_East Asia, succeeding Lindsay Mann, who left the firm last year. When he has begun his work in this position, Ng will be succeeded in his former position by Edmund Teo, who was previously director of retail distribution, before joining Russell Investments on 1 April. Carol Lin last week began work in her new position in Hong Kong, as director of sales for Taiwan, a newly-created position which marks the first entry of First State into sales in this market. Sabrina Leung, previously of BlackRock in Hong Kong, joins the firm on 13 April in the newly-created position of regional director of sales and communication, which will include countries of the region other than Hong Kong and Singapore. First State has also created a position for a senior product manager for Asia, which will be occupied by Eco Tang, who previously worked for the firm. First State Investments, which is seeking to increase its presence on the markets in which it is already present (Hong Kong and Singapore) and to invest in markets in which its presence is limited (China, South Korea, and Taiwan), is also planning other recruitments in the next few months.
