HONG KONG, June 19 (Reuters) – Rothschild Group has
hired former Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Standard
Chartered Plc banker Peter Wheeler as co-head of its
Southeast Asian operations and an executive vice-chairman of the
group, Rothschild said in a statement on Tuesday.
Based in Singapore, Wheeler will jointly manage Rothschild’s
financial advisory business in Southeast Asia along with co-head
Piers Willis. Wheeler will also oversee Rothschild’s wealth
management and trust business in the region.
Wheeler previously worked with Goldman Sachs for about 16
years, first in New York, then in Hong Kong and Singapore, where
he established and headed the firm’s investment banking business
in Asia ex-Japan, the statement said.
Most recently, Wheeler was group head of Standard
Chartered’s wholesale banking for Africa, Middle East,
Europe and the Americas.
