David Y C Liao
Managing Director, Head of Global Markets, China, HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited
Mr. Liao is the Treasurer and Head of Global Markets for HSBC in China. He joined HSBC in 1997, and was responsible for the local currency fixed income business in Greater China and Singapore. His focus was directed to the China market in 2003, functionally in charge of China's sales and trading, he initiated the QFII business (Qualified Financial Institutional Investors) and led HSBC to be the first primary dealer for China MoF. In May 2005, Mr. Liao took up the current role and has since built up HSBC as the leading Global Markets business in China in terms of product access and profitability among foreign banks.
Mr. Liao is a member of the Executive Committee of HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited. Externally, Mr. Liao represents HSBC as the standing committee member of the National Association of Financial Institutional Investors (NAFMII) and the National Debt Association of China. Mr. Liao individually represents NAFMII's fixed income working committee and derivatives working committee, and is a member of the Risk Management Committee of the Shanghai Clearing House.
Mr. Liao holds an honours degree in Japanese Studies & Economics from the University of London. Prior to HSBC, Mr. Liao worked in IBJ International (now Mizuho International).
