Hong Kong & beyond: Exclusive interview with Barclays' Rachel Huf

FA caught up with the new CEO of Barclays Hong Kong to discuss her strategic vision for the business and the bank's ongoing efforts in the sustainability space, the changing geopolitical landscape and her career transition from lawyer to leader.

Change brings with it opportunity, and the twist of fate that would lead recent Aussie law graduate, Rachel Huf, to relocate to Hong Kong nearly three decades ago, offered both in abundance.

Arriving in 1996 less than a year before Hong Kong’s sovereign handover from Britain to China Huf pictured made her first foray into investment banking at Bankers Trust, where she delved into the world of derivatives before developing the on-the-job acumen and adaptability that would render her fit to navigate the repercussions of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Following Deustche Bank's acquisition of Bankers Trust in 1999, Huf cut her capital markets teeth through assignment...

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