JP Morgan Private Bank has hired Kenneth Yeo as ultra-high-net-worth team lead for southeast Asia, based in Singapore.

Yeo joins from independent asset manager Lighthouse Canton, where he spent just three months as managing director and senior client partner.

He previously served as chief executive officer of investment firm Aurous Capital as well as CEO for wealth management of fintech firm CreditEase.

He spent the vast bulk of his career, more than 15 years altogether, at HSBC, where he was most recently managing director and regional head of investment services and product solutions for southeast Asia.