Hong Kong-based Vistra has appointed new top executives that will join the company in April. Their appointments are subject to regulatory approval.
Vistra, a global trust, fund administration, and corporate services provider, nominated Alan Brown as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Geoff Weir as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Hong Kong-based firm announced on Wednesday. Both will join Vistra in April.
Brown and Weir will also join the company’s Board. Simon Hinshelwood, who has been leading the business as the Executive Chairman, will resume his Non-Executive Chairman role on the Board.
Strong China Experience
Brown has extensive experience in leading global organizations, in particular, businesses going through significant transformations. He has worked across a number of industries and has lived and worked in the U.K., Europe, and Asia – with particularly strong China experience.
He was most recently CEO of Asco Group – an Aberdeen, Scotland headquartered global oil and gas services company. Prior to this, he held the CEO position at Rentokil Initial and was CFO at Imperial Chemical Industries (which was acquired by Akzo Nobel in 2007), and spent 25 years at Unilever in various roles in the U.K. and Europe, before heading up Unilever’s operations in China and Taiwan.
Most Recently in Indonesia
Weir has held a number of group CFO roles with global companies, including Scotts Philips Associates, Exridge, Digicel, and most recently Sinar Mas in Indonesia. He has extensive experience across strategy, planning, operations, M&A, compliance, and risk management in multiple sectors.
