Industry veteran Kwok quits StanChart Private Bank

Veteran private banker Lionel Kwok has quit Standard Chartered Private Bank as head of investment advisory for Northeast Asia. Kwok only joined the firm as a managing director in April last year, just after the firm hired Trevor Mak from Citi and Stella Kong from Sarasin-Rabo IM as relationship management heads for Hong Kong and China, respectively, in a drive to build its Northeast Asia business. Kwok quit last Friday, although AsianInvestor could not determine his future desti…