Manulife Asset Management appointed a UBS veteran as senior managing director, head of wealth solutions, wealth and asset management, Asia.
In this newly created position based in Hong Kong, Emmanuel Bucaille will have regional oversight in formulating, articulating and implementing wealth solutions as well as product strategies for Manulife. Margaret Madden, managing director and head of product development, who joined in April this year, and Michelle Ng, managing director, head of investment consulting services, wealth and asset management, Asia, will report to Bucaille.
Bucaille has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, with the majority of his career spent with UBS in Europe and Asia. He has held many different roles within the wealth management business. Over his career he spent eight years in the Asian region. His most recent position was head of investment products and services operating office, UBS Wealth Management Europe.
Customised Wealth Solutions
Bucaille was based in Singapore for over 7 years and was head of advisory solutions Asia-Pacific at UBS. In his latest position he will report to Emmanuel will report to Michael Dommermuth, executive vice president and head of Wealth and Asset Management, Asia, Manulife, the firm said in a statement.
Bucaille will spearhead an effort to align Manulife Asset Management’s wealth solutions to customers’ actual financial objectives, and to further harness Manulife’s private asset capabilities as part of those solutions. His remit also includes manager selection, performance monitoring and asset manager reviews for Manulife’s managed architecture platform.
Manulife recently made a number of structural and leadership changes across its North American and Asian units. The Toronto based firm is bringing its Global Wealth and Asset Management units together into a primary reporting segment, Global Wealth and Asset Management.
