Following a realignment of its senior regional management last week, Swiss bank UBS has now rejigged its middle management, or country team heads as they are referred to at the bank.
Kenny Wai, country team head for Kowloon, has resigned from the bank after seven years with UBS having previously been a desk head for both the Hong Kong and China International markets. In May 2018, Wai was made country team head for Hong Kong when Adeline Chien was promoted to a larger role as head of Hong Kong. Prior to UBS, Wai worked variously in compliance and as a client advisor, most recently at Merrill Lynch.
His responsibilities will be taken up by Wai Man Chiu who joined UBS last year from Hang Seng Bank where she led a team of 30 colleagues. When she assumed the role of country team head at UBS, several members of her team from Hang Seng followed her to the Swiss bank. Most notable amongst them were desk head Jonathon Yeung and client advisors Aubrey Cheung, Connie Chan, and Raymond Yung.
According to an internal memo seen by finews.asia from Marina Lui, the newly appointed head of wealth management China, she confirms the resignation of Wu Ya Ju, country team head of China International. Wu had been with UBS since 1996, starting as a client advisor with the bank. She is believed to be retiring from the industry. Also retiring is Philip Mak, country team head Hong Kong Domestic.
