State Street has appointed Kevin Hardy as head of Singapore and Southeast Asia, and Tim Helyar as head of Australia as part of its Asia-Pacific growth plan.
The two newly created roles will report to Mostapha Tahiri, chief executive officer for the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Singapore and Sydney, Hardy and Helyar will oversee State Street's business in Southeast Asia and Australia respectively, including driving the enterprise-wide growth strategy, stewarding client engagement, developing talent and maintaining strong regulatory relationships.
Hardy joins State Street from Additiv Asia where he was general manager for Asia-Pacific, responsible for all activities in the region, including sales, relationship management and product for the Swiss-based technology provider. Prior to that, he worked at a number of global asset managers, including BlackRock, Northern Trust Global Investments and State Street Global Advisors. He was Singapore country head, where he was responsible for the business in Southeast Asia, and head of exchange-traded funds and index investments, for Asia-Pacific at BlackRock.
Helyar brings almost two decades of experience at JP Morgan Investor Services to the firm and was most recently head of fund services product development for Asia-Pacific at JP Morgan. Helyar has financial services experience across securities services, superannuation and wealth management.
"It is essential for us to provide clients with a total solution to help them overcome challenges and grow their businesses," Tahiri says. "Our new Australia, and Singapore and Southeast Asia heads will bring clients all of State Street's capabilities from investment servicing, investment research and trading, to data management and a front-to-back asset servicing platform… as we continue to accelerate our growth in Asia-Pacific."
