SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES

Sharon Tan
Head of Private Banks & Intermediary Sales, Asia ex-Japan Regional Head of Client Service for Institutions & Retail, Asia Pacific ex-Japan Global Client Group

Sharon joined Deutsche Asset Management in 2014 and is Regional Head of Private Bank & Intermediaries distribution business for Asia ex-Japan, responsible for leading the sales efforts and development of the funds distribution business covering Private Banks, Consumer banks, discretionary managers, asset managers and other financial intermediaries. Her product coverage spans broadly across Active, Passive and Alternatives strategies.

In October 2017, Sharon expanded her responsibilities to develop the Client Service strategy for Asia Pacific ex-Japan and will assume new responsibilities as Regional Head of Client Servicing covering Institutional and Retail clients. She will head a dedicated team across Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea and India.

With more than 14 years of industry experience, Sharon joined from Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) where she started out in the Institutional sales team, before moving to sales covering Private Banks in Asia ex-Japan. She was instrumental in building out GSAM’s wholesale distribution channel in Asia from an inactive segment in 2009 to one of its fastest growing business channels in 2014. 

Prior to GSAM, Sharon was in Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Business where she worked on mergers and acquisition, corporate finance and audit.

Sharon holds a Masters of Science in Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economic and Political Science, UK.