Northern Trust, a financial holding company, has appointed Ee Fang Chen as sales director for the firm’s asset management arm, Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI), in the Asia Pacific region.

Northern Trust has appointed Ee Fang Chen as new sales director for the firm’s asset management arm, Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI), in the Asia Pacific region.

Based in Singapore, Chen will be focus on business development for NTGI in South East Asian countries. He reports to Fifi Ting, head of sales and client services in Asia Pacific ex-Japan for NTGI.

Chen joins Northern Trust from Martin Currie, where he was the business development director responsible for establishing the investment management firm’s office in Singapore.

As a senior sales executive, Chen will build NTGI’s presence and position Northern Trust’s capabilities to large institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, central banks, national pension funds and government entities.

He has more than 12 years of experience in the asset management industry. In addition to his post at Martin Currie, he has held management positions at Vanguard and Watson Wyatt.