Fidelis Oruche

HSBC has appointed Fidelis Oruche as its global head of capital markets, and investments and wealth solutions (IWS) platforms, for its wealth and personal banking (WPB) business, with effect March 2022.

Oruche, who will be based in Singapore and report to Lavanya Chari, global Head of IWS, will be responsible for the development of capital markets products and platforms across personal, premier and global private banking clients. He will continue to enhance the focus of WPB’s online trading offering for clients, collaborating with the investment bank and global business partners.

He joins HSBC from the Bank of Singapore, where he was most recently managing director, head of alternative investments and managed solutions. Prior to this role, he was the head of investment advisory and sales where he led teams of advisers and product specialists in Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai, and was responsible for providing advisory and execution services in fixed income, foreign exchange (FX), equities, structured products, derivatives, funds solutions and private equity.

Oruche has over two decades of experience in financial services, including over 15 years in investment banking where he focused on FX derivatives in both trading and management roles in large global organisations across Europe and Asia.

Chari says: “With his in-depth experience, capabilities and experience across geographies, Oruche will play a critical role in continuing to develop our platforms and solutions for clients across the wealth continuum.”