The Trident Trust Group, which provides corporate, trust and fund administration services, has appointed Christiaan de Bruyn as director of trust services in Hong Kong, this publication can exclusively report.

His arrival follows the recent overhaul of Hong Kong’s Trustee Ordinance, which brings Hong Kong’s trust legislation into line with other international trust jurisdictions and is expected to boost its position as a trust domicile and a fiduciary administration and management centre.

“We are already seeing increased demand for fiduciary services in Hong Kong and expect this to increase rapidly when the amendments to Hong Kong’s trust legislation are implemented in December of this year. Christiaan’s appointment gives us increased capability to meet this demand; he will be a real asset to our clients,” Markus Grossmann, regional managing director for Trident Trust’s Hong Kong and Singapore offices, said.

A qualified chartered accountant, de Bruyn has had a 25-year career in financial services and has extensive experience of the international tax environment.  Prior to moving to Asia in 2011, he worked for more than a decade in Jersey.