Most recently, the head of this business worked in a broadly similar role for Credit Suisse, and has also worked at Standard Chartered and Rothschild.

JP Morgan Private Bank has appointed Koh Bee Eng as the head of JP Morgan Trust Company (Singapore) Pte. 

Koh will be based in Singapore and report to Martin Pollock, head of international trusts and estates. 

Koh will be responsible for leading the trust company’s growth plans and strategy, partnering with the private bank’s wealth advisors and bankers. She will lead a team of professional trust officers responsible for day-to-day trust management operations, the firm said in a statement.

With more than 20 years of experience in the trust industry, Koh brings extensive experience to this role, including trust management and administration, business management, financial control and compliance. Prior to this role, she was the trust centre resident manager and director of Credit Suisse Trust Limited in Singapore. She also spent some years with Standard Chartered Trust (Singapore) Limited and Rothschild Trust (Singapore) Limited as resident manager and board member of these companies. 

As reported in May this year, the private bank appointed Elaine Zhang as China market leader for Singapore. Zhang is based in Singapore reporting to James Wey, head of Singapore and Southeast Asia at the private bank. Zhang is a managing director responsible for leading, growing and developing the firm’s China market in Singapore.