Lioner International, an Asian fully integrated Insurance, trust, and family office consortium, today announced the appointment of Brian Kenyon as group strategic adviser.
It is a senior advisory role that reinforces Lioner’s commitment to building institution-grade trust capabilities, driving accelerated growth, and enhancing client services, according to a statement from Lioner.
Kenyon’s return from retirement brings deep technical judgment, governance discipline and global best practice to support the firm’s growth, it said.
In his role as group strategic adviser, Kenyon will act as a “trusted counsel” to Lioner’s leadership team. He will provide strategic insights on long-term positioning, service development and expansion opportunities, particularly as Lioner grows its global footprint. He will also provide high-level mentorship and advisory oversight to Lioner team on complex trust structuring and multi-generational succession matters.
Kenyon has more than five decades of experience in trust and wealth planning, having held senior leadership roles in the UK, Jersey, Singapore and Hong Kong.
He most recently took on regional and global responsibilities at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, including serving as regional head of wealth planning solutions, Asia, and managing director of BNP Paribas Singapore Trust Corporation.
Earlier, he was chairman of BNP Paribas Jersey Trust Corporation Limited and deputy head of global fiduciary services at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, where he helped shape fiduciary governance, risk management frameworks and product development across multiple jurisdictions.
Kenyon also spent nearly three decades at Barclays, holding a range of senior roles across private banking and trust functions. He has also played an active role in industry bodies, including the Singapore Trustees Association (Technical Committee) and the Jersey Bankers Association (Trust Company Committee, chairman 2004–2010).
