Moves

Cybersecurity expert Charmian Aw will join the global firm on February 25 from Squire Patton Boggs.

The international law firm has appointed Gaven Cheong as partner within the funds team in the Special Administrative Region; he joins from Tiang & Partners.

Hong Kong-based Maisant has replaced Sébastien Pietryk as Apac head of distribution and asset rotation, overseeing the bank's Apac loan activities; Pietryk has moved onto a different role at the bank.

Chang, president of Citibank Taiwan and vice chair of Asia North corporate banking, will succeed Aftab Ahmed, who is retiring, on April 1.

K. Balasubramanian, Asia South head of corporate banking, has been appointed India subcontinent sub-cluster & banking head and India Citi country officer & banking head designate, to replace Khullar's current role.

Effie Vasilopoulos, formerly at Sidley Austin, will lead Broadfield's Apac operations as the newly created firm looks to build out the team quickly to cover the region across funds, private equity and corporate advisory.

Gregory Yu and Kevin Rumjahn will take on the roles this month as the exchange looks to ramp up its development in 2025.

The Singapore-based private equity and M&A expert joins the law firm from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, while Xiaoxi Lin joins from Linklaters in Hong Kong.

Sophea Seng joins as managing director and head of energy & utilities, as Vid Pulavarti joins as CIO of Clifford Capital Asset Management.