Rudolf Apenbrink appointed CEO of HSBC Investments Asia-Pacific
HSBC today announced the appointment of Dr Rudolf Apenbrink as Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Investments, Asia-Pacific. He will take up his new role in mid-July, succeeding Blair Pickerell who recently left the firm.
Apenbrink is currently CEO of HSBC Investments in Germany with responsibility for Group Investment Businesses in Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe, and a member of the Global Management Committee.
He joined HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt in Germany in 1993 and has been leading HSBC Investments in Germany since 2003. Mark McCombe, CEO of Group Investment Businesses said: “We have a market-leading franchise in Asia-Pacific which is going from strength to strength. Under Rudolf’s leadership, we plan to build on our international investment capabilities to ensure sustained growth across the Asia-Pacific region in both our retail and institutional business.” Apenbrink will be succeeded in Germany by Bernd Franke who is currently the CEO of Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH (INKA), a subsidiary of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt. –www.theasianbanker.com (May 30 2007)–