Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited has appointed former Standard Charted Bank veteran Kian Hoe Tan as managing director and head of treasury. As part of the senior finance team, he will drive HKEX's treasury strategy, overseeing the performance of the group's investment activities for both internally and externally managed investment portfolios. Joining on 4 July, Tan will report to Vanessa Lau, chief financial officer of HKEX group.

Tan has spent more than 22 years at Standard Chartered Bank, where for the last five years he was managing director and head of treasury markets for Greater China and North Asia. He also held several senior roles at the bank, including regional head of asset liability management for Greater China and North Asia.