HSBC Private Bank makes four senior hires across Asia

The bank announced three new desk heads and a Global India franchise lead.

HSBC Private Bank has announced new senior leadership appointments for its India, Singapore, and China businesses.

Vivek Pandohi has been appointed to lead the Global India franchise in the Middle East, whilst Harjeet Singh has joined the franchise as senior desk head for Global India in Singapore.

Lay Hong Tan also joins from UBS Singapore as HSBC’s desk head in the Singapore market.

Jay See also joins the team as desk head, Offshore China Market (Singapore).

Pandohi has held senior leadership roles within HSBC Private Bank in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the past decade and was most recently leading the bank’s UAE Global India & Expat business.

In his new role, Pandohi will lead Global India coverage across Middle East markets and is tasked with expanding coverage across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), HSBC Private Bank said.

Singh joins from Bank of Singapore, where he spent the past nine years of his career. He was most recently managing director and market head leading the Global South Asia business.

In his new role with HSBC, Singh will lead one of HSBC Private Bank’s Global India desks in Singapore. He is tasked with helping grow the business in the region and further strengthening HSBC’s capabilities in a key strategic client segment, the bank said.

Tan joins from UBS Singapore, where she was previously market team head. In HSBC, she will lead a Singapore Domestic coverage team, focusing on Singapore ultra-high net worth (UHNW) and high net worth (HNW) families as well as Mandarin-speaking clients in the region.

See, who was most recently a China coverage specialist at Credit Suisse/UBS, is tasked with strengthening HSBC’s connectivity across Greater China and Southeast Asia and further enhancing HSBC’s China franchise.