Northern Trust Names Benze Lam as Head of Its Hong Kong Entity

(Source: LinkedIn)​

Northern Trust, a leading financial service company, announced the appointment of Benze Lam as the head of Northern Trust's Hong Kong entity, in a newly created position to foster greater innovation and global collaboration, continuing its commitment and momentum in the region.

Based in Hong Kong, Lam will retain his position as Head of Asia, ex Japan for Northern Trust's Asset Management business in the region, and report to John McCareins, head of Northern Trust Asset Management in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. In this leadership role, Lam will assume overall management oversight responsibilities for Northern Trust's Hong Kong office. He will lead business strategy, large client and regulatory relationships across the Asia region for Northern Trust Asset Management.

"We are pleased to have Benze at the helm of our Hong Kong business and continuing our commitment in Asia," said McCareins. "His deep industry expertise and capabilities will be instrumental to the continued expansion of Northern Trust's offering to asset managers, asset owners and clients in the region."

Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2014, Lam was the head of sales for China Offshore at UBS Global Asset Management where he was responsible for client relationship management across market segments in China for overseas investments. He has also held various roles in Fidelity, State Street and Morgan Stanley and has worked in Sydney, Singapore and Beijing.

As so far, Northern Trust has an established network of offices across Asia Pacific in Beijing, Bengaluru, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Pune, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.