Board of Directors
ASIFMA’s governing body is its Board of Directors (the Board) which comprises 28 senior representatives from member firms, including three representatives from the ASIFMA Asset Management Group (AAMG) which has its own separate and independent Steering Committee.
The Board has a Chair, a Vice-Chair and a Treasurer who are each elected for a two-year term. They, together with the CEO of ASIFMA and nine other representatives of the Board, form the Executive Committee which has the authority to act for the Board in between Board meetings.
AAMG has its own Steering Committee made up of representatives from each of its member firms. AAMG’s Steering Committee has a Chair, two Vice Chairs and a Treasurer who are each elected for a two-year term. They, together with two other representatives of the Steering Committee, form AAMG’s Executive Committee which acts for the Steering Committee in between Steering Committee meetings.
Members of the Board
Ajai Kaul
AllianceBernstein
CEO – APAC, Head of Asia Pacific Client Group
Xiaofeng Zhong
Amundi
Chairman, Greater China
Richard Yacenda
Bank of America
Asia Pacific Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive, Hong Kong
John Laws
Barclays Capital
Managing Director, Head of Government & Regulatory Relations and Policy, Asia Pacific
Stephane Ritz*
BNP Paribas
Head of Group Markets, Asia Pacific
Tina Tsui
BNY Mellon
Managing Director and Assoc. General Counsel, Head of APAC Public Policy and Gov’t Affair, Head of Legal for APAC Markets, Clearance and Collateral Management
Shounian Cao
China Construction Bank
Chief Executive of CCB HK Financial Markets Centre & Deputy Chief Executive of CCB, HK Branch
Jiaxing Zhou (Joe)*
CICC
Joint Company Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer of the Company and Head of the Legal and Compliance
Kok Wei Chu (V)*
CIMB
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Group Wholesale Banking
Charles Lam
Citi
Head of Markets, Hong Kong
Dominique Blanchard
Credit Agricole
Regional Head of Global Markets Division, Asia Pacific and Middle East
Andrew Farran
Credit Suisse
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Equities, Asia Pacific
Andrew Ng*
DBS
Group Executive, Head of Treasury Markets
Priya Pravin Kundamal
DTCC
CEO and Head of DTCC Data Repository, Singapore Pte. Ltd. (DDRS)
Ashok Kumar Das*
Deutsche Bank
Managing Director, Head, Global Emerging Markets, Asia
Stewart James
Goldman Sachs
Managing Director and Co-Head of Government Affairs APAC
Selene Chong
HSBC
Managing Director, Deputy Global Head of Equities & Head of Equities, Asia Pacific
Obbe Kok
ING Bank
Head of Financial Markets and Strategic Products APAC
Harshika Patel (T)*
J.P. Morgan
Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Head of Strategy, JP Morgan Asia Pacific, Chartered Accountant (ICAEW)
Christopher Spelman
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Managing Director, Business Manager, Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific Equities
Murat Atamer
Morgan Stanley
NJA Head of Execution Services
Nagarajan Sankaranarayanan
Nomura
Deputy Head of Asia
Kenneth Lai
OCBC
Head of Global Treasury
Yashuang Zhang
Shanghai Clearing House
Head of Issuance and Custody Department
Kenneth Bentsen*
SIFMA
President and CEO
Christine Perrin
Societe Generale
Chief Operating Officer, Asia-Pacific
John Tan*
Standard Chartered
Financial Markets Head, Asia
Mostapha Tahiri
State Street
Executive Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific and Middle East
Jason Tudor
UBS
Investment Bank, Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific
David Ratliff (C)*
WELLS FARGO
Head of Banking, Co-Head, Corporate & Investment Banking, Asia Pacific
Alice Law*
ASIFMA
CEO
*Executive Committee Member
C = Chairperson; V = Vice-Chair; T = Treasurer
