The new chairman, APAC, for the firm has served in senior roles at Coutts in Asia.

Specialist debt advisory firm Arc & Co has appointed former Coutts senior figure Paul Davies as regional chairman in Asia-Pacific.

Davies has more than three decades of experience in the financial services industry, having held senior positions at NatWest Bank and Coutts in the UK, in Switzerland, India and in Asia. For 15 years he was based in Singapore, building Coutts’ Asian business for high net worth clients in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, as well as for global Non-Resident Indians. His previous role was vice chairman of Coutts, Southeast Asia.

Since leaving that firm, Davies has given strategic business development advice to companies in the wealth management and philanthropic sectors. He is a board director at a Singapore charity AIDHA which helps migrant domestic workers and low-income Singaporean women create sustainable futures through financial education.

Based in London’s Mayfair district, Arc & Co advises on property, marine and aviation assets. Arc & Co Structured Finance advises on senior debt and equity packages on residential development, commercial development and long-term income producing assets.