DWS Appoints Vanessa Wang as Head of Asia Pacific
23 MAR, 2023
Vanessa Wang will assume a new role at DWS as Head of APAC from 1 April 2023, taking over from Holger Naumann, who will return to Frankfurt as part of a planned retirement. Based in Hong Kong, Vanessa will report to Stefan Hoops, Chief Executive Officer of DWS. She will also retain her current role as Head of Client Coverage, APAC.
Vanessa Wang joined DWS as Head of Client Coverage, APAC in September 2021. Before this, she held senior leadership roles at Amundi where she was responsible for the institutional business in North Asia and the USA; at Citi where she led the pensions business in APAC; and at Mercer in Beijing as its Partner and Asia Head of Retirement Risk and Finance Business.
Holger Naumann has been Head of APAC for the last four years and was based in Hong Kong and subsequently, Singapore. He is a veteran at DWS and Deutsche Bank Group, having a career in the group spanning 42 years. As planned, Holger Naumann will return to the Frankfurt office to take on other responsibilities in the company after completing his work in APAC, entering retirement at the end of the year.
