Charmian Wan has left Lazard Asset Management (Lazard) to take up the position of managing director (MD) of London-based Man Group’s Hong Kong institutional sales team.
She will report to Hersh Gandhi, MD, Asia-Pacific at Man Group, who says: “I am delighted to welcome Charmian to Man Group. Asia is a strategically important region for the firm, and Charmian’s appointment reflects the growing demand from institutional investors across Asia for our range of alternative and long-only investment strategies, and our commitment to partnering with our clients in support of their investment requirements. Charmian’s experience and expertise will be instrumental to our continued progress in the region.”
In her new role, Ms. Wan will focus on Man Group’s institutional client business across Asia, encompassing its five investment managers: Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man GLG, Man FRM and Man Global Private Markets.
In her most recent position at Lazard, Ms. Wan was director, head of business development and marketing, Asia ex-Japan. Before that she was head of sales, Asia ex-Japan at BlueBay Asset Management, and had a stint at Swiss financial services firm UBS.
Commenting on her new role, Ms. Wan, who has over 17 years of financial services experience, says: “It is a great pleasure to join Man Group, a firm that offers investors in Asia a diverse range of strategies across investment approaches, styles and asset classes. I look forward to working with Hersh and the team in Hong Kong to further develop Man Group’ s institutional client base in the region.”
Man Group, which was founded in 1783, is an active investment management firm with a strong emphasis on hedge funds. As of September 30 this year, it had US$103.5 billion in AUM.
