{"id":9902,"date":"2025-01-21T11:59:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T03:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=9902"},"modified":"2025-01-21T11:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T03:59:15","slug":"manulife-wealth-and-asset-management-appoints-fabio-fontainha-as-head-of-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/manulife-wealth-and-asset-management-appoints-fabio-fontainha-as-head-of-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Manulife Wealth and Asset Management appoints Fabio Fontainha as Head of Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manulife Wealth and Asset Management (Manulife WAM), the global wealth and asset management business of Manulife that brings investment solutions to institutional, retirement, and retail customers across the globe, has announced Fabio Fontainha as its new Head of Wealth & Asset Management, Asia, effective February 2025. Fabio succeeds Michael Dommermuth, who is leaving the firm at the end of the year. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited for Fabio to build on the momentum that has been growing for Manulife Wealth and Asset Management in Asia as we look to provide wealth and investment solutions to even more investors. We believe his expertise in key areas of focus for our business will make his transition into the role feel tangible almost immediately,\u201d said Paul Lorentz, President and CEO, Manulife Wealth and Asset Management. \u201cWe are also appreciative of Michael\u2019s commitment to our firm and the impact he has had on our expansion in multiple markets over more than two decades, ranging from multiple emerging Asia markets including India, as well as the conversion of our joint venture in China into a wholly-owned entity in Manulife Fund Management. We are grateful for his leadership that has provided broader capabilities to our clients across Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fabio will be a member of the Manulife WAM leadership team and\nManulife\u2019s Global Leadership Team (GLT). He will be based in Hong Kong and\nreport to Paul Lorentz and will also have accountability into Phil\nWitherington, President and CEO, Manulife Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fabio will collaborate closely with all country and regional heads,\nchief investment officers, and global product teams to deliver investment\ncapabilities for the region. He will also drive Manulife WAM\u2019s strategic growth\nplans locally and provide local oversight to the retail, retirement and\ninstitutional businesses, partner closely with local functional heads, and\nserve as a touch point for teams working on strategic initiatives throughout\nAsia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fabio was previously at Citigroup where he had an extensive career\nspanning more than three decades including experience with consumer and private\nwealth, as well as retail markets. He has also lived and\nworked in Tokyo, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur during this time. He most\nrecently served as Global Business Execution Head – Citi Private Bank.\nThroughout his career he has managed global, regional, and local businesses in\nAsia, Latin America, Europe, the United States, and the Middle East with\nvarious mandates including Head of Retail Banking for Citi across APAC (Asia\nPacific) and EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m delighted to be joining Manulife WAM at a significant inflection\npoint in their business. I have been privileged to see the expansion and growth\nin Asia throughout my career and admire the progress and the commitment\nManulife WAM has made to serve its clients in the region,\u201d said Fabio<\/strong>. \u201cI am looking forward to\nbringing my knowledge and expertise to this role and help to meet the goals of\nour institutional, retail and retirement clients.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manulife WAM believes its business will see additional organic growth\nopportunities as a result of prevalent global megatrends including the\nretirement savings gap, increased longevity and the need for individuals to\nprepare for potentially spending additional years – or even decades – in\nretirement compared to previous generations, and the anticipated demand from\nboth the middle class and high net-worth populations who are seeking additional\nsolutions to save and invest and new strategies to diversify their portfolios. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fabio will be a member of the Manulife WAM leadership team and Manulife\u2019s Global Leadership Team (GLT). He will be based in Hong Kong and report to Paul Lorentz and will also have accountability into Phil Witherington, President and CEO, Manulife Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2275,1789],"class_list":["post-9902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-showcase","tag-insurance-industry","tag-wealth-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9907,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9902\/revisions\/9907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}