Ashley Wilkins appointed deputy CEO for SGCIB in Asia
13 October 2010 Hong Kong
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Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking has announced the appointment of Ashley Wilkins as deputy chief executive officer for the Asia Pacific region.
Based in Hong Kong, he is a member of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking's Asia Pacific Executive Committee. He will report to Hikaru Ogata, the regional chief executive officer who has been on board since September this year.
Wilkins joined the bank in 1996 as head of project finance & advisory in Asia and in 2007 was appointed as head of global finance, Asia Pacific - a position that he will retain. As deputy CEO, Wilkins will assist Ogata in developing and executing the bank's overall strategy in serving corporations and financial institutions in global markets (equities, fixed income and commodities), financing and advisory as well as in industry sectors where the bank has significant regional expertise (energy, commodities, infrastructure, media & telecoms).
Leveraging his knowledge of the region and the industry along with his expertise in structured finance and his client relationships earned over many years, Wilkins will particularly focus on global finance and client business.
Before joining Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, Wilkins spent over 16 years with NatWest Group in London and Hong Kong in a variety of senior roles in the structured finance division including two years with County Bank, NatWest's merchant banking & capital markets subsidiary in London.
He read Philosophy and Classics at Wolfson College, Cambridge University and has a BSc (Hons) from Manchester University. He also has a MBA from The Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
Based in Hong Kong, he is a member of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking's Asia Pacific Executive Committee. He will report to Hikaru Ogata, the regional chief executive officer who has been on board since September this year.
Wilkins joined the bank in 1996 as head of project finance & advisory in Asia and in 2007 was appointed as head of global finance, Asia Pacific - a position that he will retain. As deputy CEO, Wilkins will assist Ogata in developing and executing the bank's overall strategy in serving corporations and financial institutions in global markets (equities, fixed income and commodities), financing and advisory as well as in industry sectors where the bank has significant regional expertise (energy, commodities, infrastructure, media & telecoms).
Leveraging his knowledge of the region and the industry along with his expertise in structured finance and his client relationships earned over many years, Wilkins will particularly focus on global finance and client business.
Before joining Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, Wilkins spent over 16 years with NatWest Group in London and Hong Kong in a variety of senior roles in the structured finance division including two years with County Bank, NatWest's merchant banking & capital markets subsidiary in London.
He read Philosophy and Classics at Wolfson College, Cambridge University and has a BSc (Hons) from Manchester University. He also has a MBA from The Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
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