Credit Suisse appoints Thomas Ang as the Head of Wealth Planning APAC

Leading financial services company Credit Suisse has elevated Thomas Ang as the Head of Wealth Planning and Family Office Services, APAC. He comes with more than seventeen years of experience working with business families across the region.  

Ang joined Credit Suisse in 2008 as the key contributor to the bank’s primary setup and was one of the key leaders of the setting up of the bank’s family office services business in 2011.  

Ang is also an impact committee member of the Asian Impact Investment Fund which is based on a UOB-Credit Suisse partnership in Singapore. 

After completing graduation in accounting, from Nanyang Technological University. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, he was associated with KeyClient Solutions as the Associate Director. During the course of his career, he has also been offered the honour of a Captain in the Singapore Army. 

Throughout the year, Credit Suisse has been focused in the region especially in the private banking sector. In the region, the company has hired about 50 relationship managers across several regions including India, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia. 

Within the family office segment, it appointed former senior legal counsel of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Jennie Lau as a family office specialist in April this year.