HSBC Adds Sriram Muthukrishnan As Regional Managing Director - APAC

HSBC has fortified its Asia-Pacific (APAC) Asia-Pacific (APAC) The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is one of the fastest growing in terms of population. This region in particular is of great importance to the financial services industry, as it is seen as the largest growth market for clients.APAC is comprised of diverse currency markets that are shaped by various and, at times, competing forces, from global regulation to local capital controls.The region has been seen as one of the hardest to enter by FX brokers for this reason, as well as grappling cultural or The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is one of the fastest growing in terms of population. This region in particular is of great importance to the financial services industry, as it is seen as the largest growth market for clients.APAC is comprised of diverse currency markets that are shaped by various and, at times, competing forces, from global regulation to local capital controls.The region has been seen as one of the hardest to enter by FX brokers for this reason, as well as grappling cultural or Read this Term) unit by appointing Sriram Muthukrishnan as its newest Managing Director and Regional Head of Business Development for Global Trade and Receivables Finance.

Mr. Muthukrishnan will be tasked with managing HSBC’s Global Trade and Receivables Finance (GTRF) business development and client services. In his new role, he will be reporting to Simon Constantinides, the APAC Regional Head of Global Trade and Receivables Finance at HSBC.

Muthukrishnan Brings Regional Experience

According to Mr. Constantinides in a recent statement on the appointment, "this is a key senior leadership role within Asia GTRF focused on driving how we deliver dynamic trade and working capital solutions to our multi-national clients across multiple geographies in which they operate and into which they are expanding. Sriram's regional experience across multiple international trade disciplines compliments our global trade and receivables leadership position across Asia-Pacific."

Prior to joining HSBC, Mr. Muthukrishnan served in a variety of executive level roles at Standard Chartered Bank since 2000. This includes the familiar position of Global Head of Trade Finance, coupled with other stints in Global Head of Supply Chain Finance, and Head of Transaction Banking – UAE.