RBC Wealth Management, part of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), has appointed Rod Ireland as head of wealth management Asia, in addition to his current role as head of global markets Apac.
Ireland (main picture) replaces Terence Chow, who left the bank earlier this year. Ireland was made interim head of wealth management Asia in August and has since worked closely with the leadership team to build on RBC’s momentum in the region.
An accomplished business leader with extensive experience, according to a statement by the bank, Ireland joined RBC in 1998 and was appointed head of the Australian business in 2013. He relocated to Asia in 2017 to lead RBC’s global markets business in Apac.
RBC has had a presence in Hong Kong since 1969 and Singapore since 1975, and its wealth management offering in Asia includes: banking, brokerage, wealth planning, credit, investments, and financial advisory services.
The business has booking centres in Hong Kong and Singapore, a representative office in Beijing and an operations hub in Malaysia, focused on clients in eight strategic locations in the region: Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines.
