We’re boosting our Equity Research teams in Hong Kong and Korea

Standard Chartered is pleased to announce four recent analyst appointments that strengthen our equity research capability across the Bank’s footprint.

New additions to our Industrials team 

In the industrials sector, Tina Li and Byun Seong-Jin joined the Bank in August. Tina leads coverage of the automotive and capital goods sectors in China. She joined Standard Chartered from BNP Paribas where she covered the same sectors, and ranked number two for China Industrials and number three for Regional Industrials in Institutional Investor surveys. Tina previously worked on the buy-side at Harvest Investments, covering the utilities sector. Byun Seong-Jin covers the engineering & construction, shipbuilding and steel sectors in Korea. Before this, Seong-Jin worked for 15 years at Mirae Asset Securities, and was most recently the leader of the industrial team which covered construction and construction materials companies. He was rated Best Analyst in Korea Construction Sector by Thomson Reuters in 2012.

New additions to our Consumer team 

In the consumer sector, Lee Jiyeon and Jessica Hong joined the Bank in July and September, respectively. Jiyeon focuses her research coverage on the consumer sector in Korea. She joined Standard Chartered from KB Investment & Securities where she was responsible for the cosmetics, retail and telecommunications sectors. Prior to that, she worked at Samsung Securities in a similar role. As an analyst, Jiyeon has achieved high rankings in domestic analysts polls in Korea. Jessica covers Hong Kong-listed international brands and the retail sector in Hong Kong. Before joining Standard Chartered, Jessica covered the Hong Kong and China consumer sectors at JP Morgan and Mirae Asset Securities, and also Hong Kong and China small caps at Bear Stearns and HSBC.

Based in Hong Kong, Tina Li and Jessica Hong report to Erwin Sanft, Head of China & Hong Kong Equity Research. Jiyeon and Seong-Jin are based in Seoul, Korea, and report to Chung Sun, Head of Korea Equity Research.

Dave Murray, Head of Equities Research, said, “We warmly welcome our new equity research colleagues. Their appointments will add significantly to our equity research coverage depth and breadth. Hong Kong, China and Korea are all footprint markets for Standard Chartered and we continue to invest and build on the Bank’s strong on-the-ground presence and deep client relationships in footprint geographies. We look forward to their thought leading research and investment ideas that will contribute to meeting the increasingly sophisticated needs of our clients.”

For further information, please contact:

Valerie Tay
Senior Manager, Business Corporate Affairs
Standard Chartered Bank
+65 65969284
Valerie.Tay@sc.com