KE Absolute Appoints Key Executives to Strengthen Firm's Capabilities

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KE Absolute has appointed several key executives to enhance its restructuring and M&A analysis capabilities, boost its advertising sales functions, and strengthen its financial planning and tax services. The new hires bring extensive experience in various industries and sectors, including telecommunications, energy, utilities, and construction. With the new appointments, KE Absolute aims to further develop its product offerings and infrastructure for its hedge fund clients.

Key Takeaways:

  • Bertrand Chui, a research analyst at KE Absolute, will focus on capital restructuring and merger and acquisition analysis, having ranked second in the telecommunications category of the 2005 StarMine Hong Kong and China analyst ratings.
  • Sreenivasan Iyer, director and head of debt capital market/corporate coverage group for Southeast Asia at Deutsche Bank, will be responsible for the overall coverage effort in Southeast Asia of structured products, credit equity derivatives, foreign exchange, and interest rates.
  • Christopher Steward, executive vice-president, advertising sales at MTV Networks Asia-Pacific, will oversee ad sales functions in Asia-Pacific and manage Asia-based global ad sales client relationships.
  • Bill Wong, assistant vice-president, brokerage services department at American International Assurance Company (Bermuda), possesses 19 years' of experience in sales and marketing functions and is a registered financial planner in the United States and a certified financial consultant.
  • Anthony Tong, assistant vice-president, MIS department at American International Assurance Company (Bermuda), assists in overseeing the operation and development of network services and technical support services, with over 10 years of experience in the growing life insurance industry.
  • Rita Li, partner, assurance services at PricewaterhouseCoopers Beijing, specialises in providing assurance and business advisory services to multinational and local firms in energy, utilities, and mining sectors.
  • Jim Chen, partner, assurance services at PricewaterhouseCoopers Beijing, specialises in providing assurance and business advisory services to multinational and local companies in construction, real estate, and engineering industries.
  • Curtis Ng, principal, tax at KPMG, joined KPMG in Hong Kong in 1995 and specialises in providing corporate tax advice and compliance services to companies and large multinationals.
  • Marcel Kreis, head of private banking Asia-Pacific at Credit Suisse, will be responsible for further developing and co-ordinating the firm's private banking activities in the region.
  • Francis Goutenmacher, independent non-executive director at I.T, has been appointed chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of the audit committee, with more than 30 years of experience with Richemont Luxury Group.
  • Alan Lau, chief operations officer at KE Absolute, joins from TPG-Axon Capital HK and brings extensive experience of the Asia hedge fund industry.

Statistics:

  • 19 years of experience in sales and marketing functions held by Bill Wong.
  • Over 10 years of experience in the growing life insurance industry held by Anthony Tong.
  • 30 years of experience with Richemont Luxury Group held by Francis Goutenmacher.
  • 1995 is the year Curtis Ng joined KPMG in Hong Kong.
  • 2005 is the year Bertrand Chui ranked second in the telecommunications category of the StarMine Hong Kong and China analyst ratings.

Sources:

  • "KE Absolute Appoints Key Executives to Strengthen Firm's Capabilities" ( KE Absolute)
  • "StarMine Hong Kong and China Analyst Ratings" (StarMine)