Standard Chartered Private Bank has appointed Stephen So as head of investment advisory for North East Asia, effective immediately. He previously spent 18 years at Société Générale.

Standard Chartered Private Bank has appointed Stephen So as head of investment advisory for North East Asia, effective immediately. He previously spent 18 years at Société Générale where he held various management roles covering product development, sales and marketing in private banking and other divisions.

So will be based in Hong Kong and reports to Gary Tiernan, global head of investment advisory and client segment management at the private bank. He also reports to Desmond Liu, managing director/head of private bank for Hong Kong and North East Asia.

While at the private banking side of Societe Generale, So was regional head of structured solutions, responsible for structuring, advice and delivery of structured products to private banking clients. Prior to that, he had worked at Barclays and Merrill Lynch.

Headquartered in Singapore, the Standard Chartered Private Bank has over 1,200 employees, including about 450 relationship managers globally. It has 19 offices including two trust offices in 15 cities across Asia, Africa, Middle East and Europe.

In 2012, the private bank’s revenue increased by 12 per cent and its assets under management grew by 17 per cent in Asia – its most important market - and 14 per cent globally.