German lender Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm DWS has appointed Elke Schoeppl-Jost as its regional head of Asia-Pacific, effective January 1, replacing Vanessa Wang who will retire at the end of the year.
Wang, during her distinguished career, held several senior leadership roles, including regional head of Asia-Pacific and CEO of DWS Hong Kong. During her tenure, she played an important role, the company notes, in developing the asset manager’s business and presence across Asia-Pacific.
Schoeppl-Jost will also continue in her current role as regional investment head of Asia-Pacific. As regional investment head, Asia-Pacific, she is responsible for the day-to-day management of DWS’s investment platform in Asia-Pacific and for driving investment ideas from the region across the firm’s global investment platform.
With more than 25 years of asset management experience, extensive knowledge of Asian markets and commitment to clients, Schoeppl-Jost, as regional head, will lead the asset manager’s Asia-Pacific franchise and will continue to be based in Hong Kong.
She joined DWS in 2014 as head of active portfolio management, Asia-Pacific, where she led the firm’s active equity, fixed income and multi-asset investment teams across the region.
Prior to joining DWS, she was chief investment officer at BEA Union Investment in Hong Kong. Before relocating to Asia in 2008, she served as a senior portfolio manager at Union Investment in Frankfurt, Germany. She began her investment career at Volksbank Investments in Vienna, Austria, as a portfolio manager for Asian equities.
