Former «Asian Private Banker» deputy editor Richard Otsuki is joining finews.asia's editorial team. The Hong Kong-based journalist is the latest reinforcement of the Swiss and Singapore-based finance website.
Richard Otsuki (pictured above) joined finews.asia in July 2019. The 30-year-old journalist graduated with a BA in English language and literature before joining Hong Kong publishing house «Asian Private Banker» in 2012 as a reporter.
Two years later, he became a senior reporter and the head of investment coverage. Finally, in 2017, Otsuki was named deputy editor. Meanwhile, he is a renowned journalist and well-connected in the financial industry.
Commitment to Quality Journalism
As finews.asia's chief editor in Hong Kong, he will provide additional content to the fast-growing website that started its service in 2016 out of Singapore.
«Richard Otsuki's hire is another clear commitment to quality journalism and our desire to keep investing in the know-how of our newsroom,» finews.asia founder Claude Baumann said.
Constantly Expanding
Ivan Schultheiss (Head Marketing), Timothy Misir, Shruti Advani, Val Law, Claude Baumann
«With his experience, Richard Otsuki is also an ideal addition to our newsroom in Singapore, with Val Law and Timothy Misir on board,» Baumann further said. «He will also get substantial support from Shruti Advani, the co-founder of «Asian Private Banker» and former editor-in-chief of the publication, who now works out of London and Hong Kong for finews.asia.»
Since its launch three and a half years ago, finews.asia has been constantly expanding its news service and registers almost 100,000 monthly unique users and 260,000 page impressions.
