Moves

The outgoing chairman of HSBC is set to start in October to replace AIA's non-exec chairman Edmund Sze-Wing Tse, who is retiring from his position after 60 years at the life insurer.

McLean, currently head of Citi's global asset managers, Apac financial sponsors business, will relocate from Singapore to Sydney.

Naoya Shiota has joined the law firm's global private equity group in Tokyo from White & Case.

Vo-Dinh will relocate to Hong Kong in July from Sydney, where she was Natixis' head of acquisition and strategic finance, Australia; there are several other regional appointments at the French bank.

Zhang Wenjie will return to the bank as Citi’s country officer and banking head for China in July.

Thakker has been Citi's head of capital management for Japan, Asia North and Australia and Asia South; he will relocate from Hong Kong to Singapore.

Pei-Si Lai, CEO of GXBank, Malaysia's first digital banking firm, will take over from Muthukrishnan Ramaswami, who is retiring, at the beginning of June.

Mehra has started the Hong Kong-based newly created role on May 12, joining from Goldman Sachs.

The M&A lawyer joins the US law firm's private equity practice from Freshfields; Perks will also have a regular presence in Tokyo.