Jeffrey Yap has resurfaced at Hong Leong Bank as regional head of wealth management, overseeing their wealth and private banking business.
Yap recently left his role as head of investments and wealth solutions for southeast Asia at HSBC Global Private Banking and Wealth.
Yap joined HSBC seven years ago, starting as regional head of fixed income before being promoted to regional head of fixed income, commodities and currencies.
He was later appointed head of investment services and the product solutions group for southeast Asia.
Prior to joining HSBC, he was managing director at PAG. He has also worked at chief investment officer at multi-strategy hedge fund Ark One.
He had previous stints at Mizuho Securities, Rabobank, Nomura and CIMB.