Singapore Investment Clinic

Samir is currently the Head of Western & Southern Europe Desk at HSBC Singapore. He helps European MNCs establish Regional Headquarters in Singapore, identify growth opportunities and enter new markets in ASEAN. Samir has been working in the banking industry for the past 16 years. He started his career in London where he gained experience as a Trade Finance specialist, then spent 8 years with the Trade and Corporate Finance team at HSBC France before joining the International Subsidiary Banking team in Singapore.

Philippe has been working for international MNCs for the past 20 years, both in Corporate Functions in HQ and as Business Partner with Regional/Local operations. He moved to Asia Pacific region in 2013 as Regional CFO for Veolia Water Technologies where he led the transformation of the organization with the creation of a Regional Shared Services Centre. Since 2018, Philippe joined SOCOMEC as APAC CFO.