Name: APAC NextGen Fireside Chat With Bo Hanson
Start: 2024-09-27T12:30:00Z
End: 2024-09-27T13:30:00Z

NextGen Event

APAC NextGen Fireside Chat With Bo Hanson

September 27, 2024

Zoom

The FFA APAC NextGen Committee invites you to their first virtual fireside chat on September 27th! We are excited to welcome Bo Hanson from HSBC Innovation Bank as our guest speaker. As Head of Global Fund Banking at HSBC, Bo will share insights on his interesting career track as a senior member of the fund finance industry.

Adrian Chiang

A&O Shearman

Adrian Chiang

Senior Associate | A&O Shearman

Adrian is a senior associate in the Debt Finance Group at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling’s Hong Kong office. Adrian advises on a wide range of financing and banking matters with a particular focus in financing for funds on all levels, ranging from GP lines, capital call lines and NAV financing at the fund level to leverage financing and asset financing at the portfolio level. Adrian’s regularly represents banks and non-bank financial institutions and sponsors (both corporate and non-corporate including funds in the venture capital, credit funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure space) in all manners of structured financings across Asia.

Prior to joining A&O Shearman’s Hong Kong office, Adrian was trained at another magic circle firm in London before moving to the firm’s Hong Kong office as an associate and moving to work as an associate and later a senior associate at the Hong Kong offices of two US firms, during which his practice focussed on leverage financing, structured lending and fund financing. Adrian is admitted to practise as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

*Not yet admitted to practise in Hong Kong.

Bo Hanson

HSBC Innovation Banking

Bo Hanson

Head of Global Fund Banking | HSBC Innovation Banking

Bo Hanson has significant experience in the innovation economy. He recently launched Innovation Banking in Hong Kong, which is a new proposition for HSBC focused on the burgeoning economy segment.

Prior to Innovation Banking, Bo was with SVB for more than 15 years in several capacities in the US and Asia. In 2013, he was appointed to establish the Hong Kong Representative Office and expand the business footprint in Asia. He managed team members based in in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and San Francisco that focused on relationships with VC/PE and innovation companies. Bo also led strategic initiatives exploring the expansion of the SVB platform with different business lines and geographic locations.

Prior to his Asia experience, Bo held several roles in the US within banking, investing, and the global expansion teams. All his roles have been focused on the innovation and investment economy delivering range of financial services, capital strategies and solutions, and rich industry connection globally.