INGÆs Harden endures trial by fire

Alan Harden arrived in Hong Kong in September to start his new job as Asia-Pacific CEO at ING Investment Management. He had already been dealing with the firm's headquarters in Amsterdam to prepare for the role. He expected to inherit a big, on-the-ground organisation that had been put together by his predecessor, Chris Ryan -- the firm has onshore capabilities in 12 markets and sourced $122.5 billion from Asia-Pacific clients -- and build on that.