Mr Ahuja, previously based in Melbourne, brings more than 10 years of experience specialising in providing capital structuring, debt financing and credit advice to corporate clients and large-scale infrastructure transactions.

Nick Pollard

Head of private banking Asia

RBS Coutts

As head of private banking in Asia for RBS Coutts, Mr Pollard will be based in Asia and will continue to attend executive committee meetings of RBS Wealth Management. He is currently managing director of Coutts in Britain.

Graham Burst

Executive chef InterContinental

Hong Kong

Mr Burst is a Hong Kong veteran, having spent the past seven years in the city, during which time he has served as executive chef at the Excelsior Hotel, the private-membership Hong Kong Football Club and the Marco Polo Gateway.

Bret Stephens

Deputy editorial page editor

Wall Street Journal

Mr Stephens will be responsible for the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal Europe and Asia, as well as the Far Eastern Economic Review and the columnists. He will remain a member of the Journal's editorial board.

Wai Kee Choong

Head of equity research, Malaysia

Nomura

Mr Choong joins Nomura from Citigroup, where he was head of Malaysia research, leading a team that repeatedly topped the rankings in the annual Institutional Investor survey. Previously, he was head of Malaysia research for BNP Peregrine.

Brian Carney

Editorial page editor

Wall Street Journal Europe

Mr Carney is relocating to London and will supervise the Journal's European opinion coverage for the print and online editions. Mr Carney has served as a member of the editorial board since 2005 and has written extensively on financial markets.