Chicago-based financial firm William Blair has hired a former NN Investment Partners executive to join its investment management unit in Asia.
Yvonne Goh joins William Blair Investment Management as business development manager in Asia, according to a statement.
Based in Singapore, Goh reports to head of Asian distribution Lih-Yann Tan.
Goh has 20 years of asset managmeent and client servicing experience in Asia, especially with institutional investors, financial institutions, and private banks. She was most recently a senior sales support and client services manager at NN Investment Partners’ Asia ex-Japan business development team. Previously, she also worked at Barclays, the former DBS Asset Management (now known as Nikko Asset Management), State Street Bank and AllianceBernstein.
William Blair
Founded in 1935, William Blair is a Chicago-based multinational financial services firm that focuses on investment banking, investment management and private wealth management.
As of end-2021, William Blair Investment Management had $79.6 billion in assets under management.
«Asia represents an important growth opportunity for us and we have actively expanded our footprint here over the last several years, building on our deep heritage of delivering strong client results,» said Tan.
