French asset manager Amundi has hired Jian Xiong from Aberdeen Investments as Asia insurance specialist.
He is based in Singapore and reports to Eddy Wong, chief executive officer for Asia, and Lawrence Wee, head of institutional sales for South Asia, the asset management firm says in a statement on May 8.
Jian was senior director for Asia Pacific insurance solutions at Aberdeen Investments. Before that, he was head of investment at China Life Insurance Singapore.
Amundi had 2.2 trillion euros (US$2.41 trillion) of assets under management as of end-March.