Equities First Holdings, a specialist in asset-backed financing, has appointed Johnny Heng as managing director and head of Singapore, effective immediately. Heng will be responsible for leading the firm's origination strategies in the market. He will report to Gordon Crosbie-Walsh, chief executive officer, Asia.
A private wealth management veteran, Heng has over 25 years of professional financial services experience, bringing to the team deep industry knowledge and expertise in wealth management and investment advisory.
He was most recently chief client officer at Nomura Wealth Management, overseeing all key client relationships. Prior to that, he held senior roles in Coutts, Credit Suisse and Wah Hin & Company, and spent over a decade with the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation managing equities trading divisions across London, New York and Singapore.