SMBC appoints Joy Kwek to lead capital markets & solutions in APAC

Kwek joins from Morgan Stanley.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has appointed Joy Kwek as managing director, head of capital markets & solutions, Asia Pacific effective 1 August.

In the newly created role, Kwek is tasked with leading the strategic alignment of SMBC and SMBC Nikko Securities across the region.

Kwek joins from Morgan Stanely, where she was managing director and head of APAC strategic advisory solutions. She has also previously held senior leadership positions at Credit Suisse.

She will be based in Singapore, and will report to Carsten Stoehr, deputy head of Asia Pacific at SMBC; and Hironori Hattori, president of SMBC Nikko Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (SMBC Nikko Hong Kong).

She also reports to the global heads of debt capital markets and solutions at SMBC Nikko.