Johnny Wong has joined Janus International as sales director for Asia-Pacific ex-Japan. Based in Hong Kong, he will report to Howcy Yeung, regional director. He will be responsible for developing distribution arrangements for Janus' 15 funds authorized for Asia-Pacific distribution and generally expand the firm's presence. Wong replaces Joann Ma, who recently departed Janus for Invesco.
For Wong this is a chance to be a bigger fish, albeit in a smaller pond. He is leaving HSBC Asset Management, where he is one member of a large sales and marketing team reporting to head of retail Sandra Lee. He has 11 years of experience in asset management, including four years at Franklin Templeton. He...