BlackRock names Barclays' Deborah Ho as South-East Asia head
ASSET manager BlackRock has appointed Deborah Ho as head of South-East Asia, effective from March 2018.
Ms Ho comes from Barclays Bank, where she was managing director and co-head of senior relationship management, overseeing platinum client relationships in the Asia-Pacific.
She was formerly chief executive of DBS Asset Management in Singapore between 2007 and 2011, and before that she was head of fixed income distribution for Asia (ex-Japan) at Swiss bank UBS from 2001 to 2005.
BlackRock's Asia-Pacific chairman Ryan Stork said: "Deborah holds an exceptional track record. Her knowledge across a breadth of asset classes and investment capabilities positions her well to help clients in this fast-growing region."
As at September 2017, BlackRock manages around S$5.98 trillion in assets.
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