Senior trust hires in Zedra's Hong Kong office

Thursday 12 October 2017

ZEDRA Group has appointed two new Executive Directors to its Hong Kong office.

Jacqueline Shek and Stella Tong are respectively taking up the position of Executive Director Trust Services and Executive Director Family Office Services.

Ms Shek (left) is a private client and trust lawyer, with over 18 years' experience specialising in tax, trust & private wealth structuring. She has extensive experience working with families, professional advisers, banks and trustee companies in setting up, administering, restructuring and defending private trust and charitable arrangements for Asian families. Prior to joining Zedra, she was the global head of legal for one of the world's leading bank-owned private trust businesses, having previously been a partner in a major international law firm in Hong Kong.

Ms Tong is a highly experienced lawyer with an MBA, with 30 years of experience in both private client and corporate advisory and structuring. As a former corporate banker, she has advised clients on project financing and as a wealth management consultant, she has assisted private clients, delivering structuring solutions across corporate, commercial, trusts and private wealth planning environments. She was previously a partner in a Hong Kong law firm and a Hong Kong/PRC joint venture law firm based in China, where she was responsible for developing their trust and fiduciary business.

Commenting on the two new appointments, John Ashwood, Managing Director of ZEDRA Hong Kong said: “This is a significant step in our objective of becoming the leading independent trust company in Asia, as well as globally. Between them, Jacqueline and Stella bring ZEDRA a wealth of expertise and knowledge in trust and estate planning, wealth preservation, family governance, family office, philanthropic and corporate trust areas. Their combined experience, industry reputation and strong professional networks will give us key advantages as we set out to develop and grow this part of the business quickly over the next three years.”