CEO advisory firm Teneo has hired a board member of HSBC’s global insurance business for a senior Asia role.
Teneo has appointed May Knight as vice chair, Asia Pacific, according to a statement. In the role, she will work closely with the firm’s five business segments – strategy & communications, financial advisory, management consulting, people advisory and risk advisory – across regional offices in Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore and Sydney.
Knight has three decades of experience, most recently as a senior partner of global financial services at Korn Ferry in London. Since 2021, she has also served as an independent non-executive director for HSBC's global insurance business and chair of the board’s risk committee. Previously, she worked at Accenture as a merging director and Ernst & Young as a partner.
Teneo is a CEO advisory firm that serves Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 companies as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations. It has more than 1,600 employees located in over 40 offices worldwide.
