Prudential’s Asian investment branch, Eastspring Investments, has promoted Phil Stockwell to Chief Executive Officer of its Singapore business effective as of September 1st. Stockwell had been the Chief Operating Officer of Eastspring Investments, company he joined in September 2014.
He will report to Guy Strapp, Eastspring Investments chief executive, and will be responsible for the operations of the largest of Eastspring’s 10 Asia offices. He is also responsible for the environment around their portfolio managers in Singapore so they can focus on alpha generating activities.
Prior to joining Eastspring Investments, Phil was COO of BT Investment Management in Australia, a publically listed fund manager and part of Westpac Banking Corporation. In his role, Phil was responsible for the leadership of product development, product management, client services, dealing, investment operations, IT, risk and compliance, and company secretarial and legal. Phil has also been a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company, and with KPMG Consulting. Phil has over 13 years of investment industry experience.
Phil holds an MBA from Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), UNSW, Sydney and a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Queensland, Brisbane. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.