$9.5 Trillion Asset Manager BlackRock Appoints Guilherme Lima as Head of Wealth Asia-Pacific
19th October 2021 | Hong Kong
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with $9.5 trillion AUM, has appointed Guilherme Lima as the new Head of Wealth Asia-Pacific based in Hong Kong. Guilherme Lima, who had spent more than 10 years at HSBC and a former Partner at McKinsey, joins from Westpac where he was the CEO of the Business Division for Private Banking, Commercial Banking and SME Banking. He will develop strategies alongside wealth managers, private banks and family offices to address the needs of wealth clients in Asia-Pacific. In the announcement by BlackRock, “Asia is facing opportunities and challenges posed by demographic and regulatory changes, as well as growth in individual retirement planning and digitalisation … … clients want access to global investment capabilities and thought leadership, as well as local market insights and a variety of wealth solutions as they search for efficiency and better outcomes under dynamic market conditions.” (AUM ~ Assets under Management)
“ $9.5 Trillion Asset Manager BlackRock Appoints Guilherme Lima as Head of Wealth Asia-Pacific “
BlackRock Head of Wealth Asia-Pacific Guilherme Lima
Guilherme Lima joins BlackRock from Westpac, where he led Private Banking, Commercial Banking and SME Banking as CEO of the Business Division from 2019. He previously spent more than a decade with HSBC, for which he played a variety of Hong Kong-based leadership roles in Wealth, Premier Banking and Strategy.
Guilherme was also Regional Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management for HSBC Latin America in Sao Paulo, and Chief of Staff to the Group CEO in London. Before HSBC, he was a Partner at McKinsey in New York and Sao Paulo.
BlackRock Chair and Head of Asia Pacific, Rachel Lord:
“Asia’s wealth market is on the cusp of remarkable expansion and transformation. The appointment of a Head of Wealth is an important step in the way we serve our clients in this space.
Guil’s decades of experience across global platforms bring together the best market and wealth management practices to the benefit of clients and will help us achieve our growth ambitions in APAC.”
BlackRock Head of Wealth Asia-Pacific, Guilherme Lima:
“I am excited to be joining BlackRock, a firm I have known and respected for years. APAC remains one of the fastest-growing regions in terms of wealth, so I look forward to partnering with my colleagues to equip our Wealth clients in Asia with truly world-class whole portfolio solutions.”
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