The International Securities Services Association (ISSA) has appointed Glenda So, co-head of markets at the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), to its board.
Based in Hong Kong, So is a member of HKEX’s management committee and is jointly responsible for the group’s sales and marketing efforts, covering equities, commodities and structured products, as well as new business development and post-trade services.
Before joining HKEX, So spent four years as chief operating officer at Graticule Asset Management Asia in Singapore.
Prior to this, So was at Goldman Sachs for 23 years, where she was a managing director and held various leadership roles in the bank’s operations division, with overseas assignments in London, China and New York.
On accepting her nomination, So comments: “I am excited to be joining the ISSA board and I look forward to working with the full ISSA team, in helping to shape the future of the global securities services industry.”
Commenting on So’s appointment, Phil Brown, ISSA chairman, says: “I often work with Glenda on various initiatives and know that she has fantastic knowledge of the securities services industry.
“Having worked in both the buy- and sell-sides of the industry as well as with a financial market infrastructure, she is uniquely positioned to help ISSA grow within the Greater China markets. HKEX has been helping guide the ISSA strategy for over 20 years and we look forward to continuing the strong partnership with Glenda.”
