HSBC appoints Su Sian Lim to Asean economist position

HSBC’s global research unit has appointed Su Sian Lim as Asean economist, the UK-based bank said yesterday. She took up her position in the Singapore office at the end of May.

Lim joins from Royal Bank of Scotland RBS, where she was a senior regional economist providing macroeconomic and policy views on Southeast Asia. She has more than 10 years of experience as a regional economist, having worked at DBS, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi-UFJ and IDEAglobal, covering emerging Asia and Japan.

In her role at HSBC, Lim will have responsibility for macroeconomic research on Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, and will...