Bill MALDONADO
Chief Executive Officer
Bill Maldonado is the Chief Executive Officer at Eastspring Investments Group. He is a member of its Board of Directors and a member of the Prudential Group Executive Committee (GEC).
As CEO, he chairs the Executive Management Committee and has overall responsibility for the management and strategic development of the firm.
Bill has over 30 years of asset management experience and a strong track record in leading investment teams globally. He joined Eastspring in 2021 and served as Chief Investment Officer. Prior to that, Bill served as the Asia Pacific Chief Investment Officer and Global Chief Investment Officer, Equities at HSBC Global Asset Management.
Bill holds an MBA from Cranfield University, a Doctorate in Laser Physics from Oxford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Sussex University, UK and Uppsala University, Sweden.
Vis NAYAR
Chief Investment Officer
Vis Nayar is the Chief Investment Officer and a member of the Executive Management Committee at Eastspring Investments.
Vis spearheads Eastspring’s investment platform encompassing equities, fixed income, multi asset and quantitative solutions, and oversees investment offerings across markets.
Prior to joining Eastspring in June 2024, Vis held senior roles at HSBC Asset Management where he spent the past 25 years, most recently as Global Chief Investment Officer for Equities overseeing the global active equity business. Prior to that, he was the European and UK Chief Investment Officer and before that, the Global Head for Quantitative Equity Research and Head of Systematic Equities. He worked at BNP Paribas and KPMG in his early career.
Vis is an Advisory Committee Member of the Oxford University Business Economics Programme and a Trustee at UK-based charity Dora Brown. He holds an MSc in Finance from the London Business School and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College London and is a CFA Charterholder.
Salman HAIDER
Chief Distribution Officer and Head of ASEAN
Salman Haider is the Chief Distribution Officer and Head of ASEAN at Eastspring Investments. He is also a member of the firm’s Executive Management Committee.
Based in Singapore, Salman is responsible for the firm’s global distribution business and leads its business relationship management with Prudential Life. He also has management responsibilities for the firm’s ASEAN markets, covering Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as Japan and the Americas.
Salman’s career spans over 25 years across EMEA and Asia, particularly within Wealth Management in addition to Retail Banking, Corporate Banking and Global Markets. During 12-years at Citi (2001 – 2010, 2015 – 2018), Salman held various roles in London, Zurich and Singapore, most recently running the U.K. Consumer Bank and International Personal Banking EMEA businesses. In 2010, Salman joined J.P. Morgan Singapore as Head of South East Asia PWM where he built the HNW business for the firm. In 2018 Salman joined Barclays Private Bank in London as the International Private Bank Head (ex-Europe), responsible for Africa, Middle East, India onshore and Asia. Salman was CEO for the Global Wealth Management business at Habib Bank AG Zurich from 2021 to 2024, before joining Eastspring in March 2024.
Salman holds an MSc in Finance from Cass Business School in London and a BA in Economics & Political Science from the University of Punjab in Pakistan.
Lauren WADE
Chief Financial Officer
Lauren Wade is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a member of the Executive Management Committee at Eastspring Investments. She will be responsible for the Strategic Planning and Finance functions within the firm.
Lauren was previously the Chief of Staff to the Group CEO at Prudential plc. Prior to that, as Head of Strategy from 2020 – 2022, she led team responsible for setting and executing the Group’s strategy. This included the Group’s structural transformation from a single global business to three geographically-focused companies listed on the London, New York and Hong Kong exchanges.
Prior to joining Prudential plc in 2018, Lauren worked in the Financial Institutions and Equity Capital Markets Groups within Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s investment banking division in London and Sydney.
Lauren has an MBA from London Business School and an Honours degree in Finance & Economics from the University of Sydney.
Lilian THAM
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Executive Officer, Eastspring Investments Singapore
Lilian Tham is the Chief Operating Officer at Eastspring Investments and Chief Executive Officer of Eastspring Investments Singapore. She is a member of the firm’s Executive Management Committee.
Lilian joined Eastspring in January 2021 with responsibility for operations, technology, data & AI, and administrative support, as well as strategic growth and change initiatives.
Prior to Eastspring, Lilian held senior roles at Schroders where she worked for 26 years, most recently as Asia Pacific COO with oversight of Operations, Investment Services and Technology, Change and Innovation across the region.
She is a Fellow of the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore and actively volunteers her expertise in various industry associations and committees.
Terence LIM
Chief Risk Officer
Terence Lim is the Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Executive Management Committee at Eastspring Investments. He oversees legal, compliance, risk, and governance activities across Eastspring.
Prior to joining Eastspring, Terence was abrdn’s Chief Risk Officer - APAC based in the Singapore office where he provided oversight and leadership of the Risk and Compliance function across Asia Pacific. He was on various abrdn APAC entity boards and was a member of the APAC Executive Leadership Team, the Global Risk & Compliance Leadership Team and abrdn group’s Global Leadership Group.
Terence joined abrdn in August 2016 after having spent 10 years with Macquarie Group where he was Deputy Regional Head of Compliance, Asia and Head of Compliance, Singapore. He led a Compliance team of more than 60 persons in 11 countries in Asia and across multiple businesses and product lines that included investment banking, fixed income, currencies, commodities and equities trading as well as fund management. Terence also spent 10 years as a corporate and capital markets lawyer in Singapore and Malaysia and was a partner at a Singapore law firm prior to joining Macquarie Group.
Terence is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales, Malaysia and Singapore and obtained a law degree from the University of Leicester and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Prue SCHNEIDER
Chief Human Resources Officer
Prue Schneider is the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and a member of the Executive Management Committee at Eastspring Investments.
Prue joined Eastspring Investments in May 2011 and was appointed CHRO in September 2023. As CHRO, she leads the People and Culture agenda at Eastspring, building a high performing organisation and a strong, engaged talent pool.
Prue is a highly skilled executive with strong commercial perspective and extensive experience in culture change, organisational development, high performance teams and people and HR management. She has over 20 years of experience within the consulting and the financial industry, working across locations including Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China.
Prior to joining Eastspring, Prue held a range of senior HR roles at organisations including ING Insurance & Asset Management and Standard Chartered Bank. She holds a Master of Leadership and Management from Curtin Business School, and a Professional HR Diploma from the Australian HR Institute.
Polly WANG
Head of Greater China
Chief Executive Officer, Eastspring Investments Taiwan
Polly Wang is the Head of Greater China at Eastspring Investments and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Eastspring Investments Taiwan. She is a member of the Executive Management Committee at Eastspring Investments.
Based in Taipei, Polly has management responsibilities for the markets of mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Prior to joining Eastspring in November 2020, Polly was the CEO of Nomura Asset Management Taiwan for four years. She has over 30 years of financial services experience, including 15 years at BNP Paribas Cardif Insurance Group, where she held senior roles as Taiwan Country Manager and Taiwan CEO for TCB Life, as well as at ABN AMRO Taiwan and Citibank earlier in her career.
Polly holds a Master’s degree in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management, and a Bachelor’s degree in Diplomacy from National Chengchi University in Taiwan.