About the Role
We are seeking three Vice Presidents, Private Wealth, to build our presence with private wealth channels across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. We are hiring one each in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Gulf. You will introduce our firm to private banks, independent and external asset managers, multi-family offices, and wealth platforms serving professional investors in your market and the surrounding region. Building the relationships that make us part of clients’ portfolios is crucial. You will turn interest into lasting coverage, represent our strategy with credibility, and bring market feedback back to the team, all within the regulatory framework that applies to this activity.
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What You’ll Do
- Build coverage of your market. Map and prioritize the private wealth channels in your market, and develop relationships with their investment, product, and advisory teams.
- Secure platform access. Guide private banks and wealth platforms through their due diligence and onboarding processes so that their advisors can offer access to our public investment vehicle.
- Represent the strategy. Present our approach and portfolio to intermediaries and professional investors, and bring in senior leadership for the most important relationships.
- Extend coverage across the region. Build relationships with wealth channels serving clients across Greater China, Southeast Asia, or the wider Middle East, where regulation permits.
- Develop the team. Help hire, mentor, and guide our private wealth associates as our international coverage grows, and work closely with your counterparts and our regional growth leads.
- Bring market insight back. Track demand, competing products, and investor feedback across the region, and help shape how we are positioned in your markets.
- Operate within a regulated framework. Conduct all activity within local licensing requirements and compliance policies, including approved materials, investor eligibility restrictions, and record-keeping.
Core Qualifications
- 6 to 12 years of experience covering private banks, independent or external asset managers, family offices, or wealth platforms in your market, ideally at an asset manager or fund distributor.
- An established network across the private wealth community in your market, built over years in the region.
- Experience taking funds or alternative investment products through private bank due diligence and onboarding.
- The licenses or registrations required in your market, such as those of the Securities and Futures Commission (Hong Kong), the Monetary Authority of Singapore, or the DFSA, FSRA, or Capital Market Authority (Gulf), or eligibility to obtain them promptly.
- Fluency in English, plus Cantonese for the Hong Kong role. Mandarin is a strong plus in Asia, and Arabic is a strong plus in the Gulf.
- Clear, credible communication with sophisticated investors and investment committees.
- AI-native in how you work, using AI tools daily for research, preparation, and coverage, consistent with our AI-first approach.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Has built coverage from the ground up, ideally for a newer or specialist investment product.
- Respected by private bankers and family office principals, who take your calls and value your judgment.
- Entrepreneurial and self-directed, and comfortable as the firm’s senior on-the-ground presence in the region.
- Able to show measurable progress within the first months in the role.
- Disciplined about compliance in a cross-border, regulated business.
- Shares our conviction that robotics will be one of the defining investment themes of the coming decades.
Logistics
Reports to: Head of Capital Formation.
Open roles:
- Hong Kong: one role, based in Hong Kong.
- Singapore: one role, based in Singapore.
- Gulf (MENA): one role, based in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, or Riyadh.
