Craig Burgess

Craig Burgess is the Head of Singapore and Client Solutions and the Acting Managing Director of ANZ Private Bank. In his role, Craig is responsible for the private banking franchise in the region and leading an experienced team in driving growth and transformation across the business.

Craig joined ANZ in February 2008 as the Head of Private Bank Hong Kong and subsequently was appointed the Head of Private Bank for North East Asia, following the expansion of the business across the region. In 2010, ANZ Private Bank purchased the ABN Amro Private Banking Business in Taiwan. This period also saw rapid growth with substantial additions to the Investment and Financial Advisory services in Hong Kong.

Prior to joining ANZ, Craig was the Head of Private Bank Asia and Country Head Hong Kong for Westpac Banking Corporation.

Craig has had over twenty years' experience working with National Australia Bank, Bank of Melbourne and Westpac where he built a substantial Premium and Private Client business in Victoria as State Manager.

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Francis D'Souza

Francis D'Souza is responsible for a diverse and exponentially growing range of markets in Asia for our Private Bank including India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Middle East, the Philippines and our Australasian segment. Business ownership includes both onshore and offshore responsibilities in multiple geographies.

Additionally, Francis directs strategic business development initiatives across the region and manages the marketing, business analytics and value proposition delivery capability for the Private Bank, Asia Pacific.

Francis is an accomplished career banker with twenty five years of experience across most developed and emerging Asian countries as well as the Middle East and Africa. He joins us from a long standing career with Standard Chartered Bank where his last held position was as the Global Head, Customer Value Management for the Consumer Bank. His role included the creation and execution of value propositions designed to service the unique needs of customer sub segments.

Prior to that, Francis has held a range of positions , most of them at global levels, across sales, business development, distribution, operations, risk governance, human resource management, acquisition as well as integration management, client experience, quality assurance and strategy.

Francis holds a Masters Degree in Management Studies specializing in Marketing.

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Christopher Wang

Christopher Wang is currently the Asia Pacific Head of Investment Advisory and is responsible for helping determine and communicate the Private Bank’s investment views; and for managing a team of Investment Advisors who work with clients on generating product portfolio solutions for their investment needs.  Chris' knowledge of economics, global markets and equity and fixed income asset classes helps him formulate asset allocation and investment portfolios to meet client needs.

Prior to ANZ, Chris held the same position at Standard Chartered/American Express Private Bank where he served on the Bank's global asset allocation committee, written numerous newspaper articles and appeared on regional business channels.  He has worked in Asia since 1992.

Chris graduated with a MBA in Finance and Corporate Strategy from the University of Michigan (US) and a BS from Brown University (US).

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John Elkovich

John Elkovich is the Head of Financial Advisory Asia and is based in Singapore. In his role John is responsible for managing all aspects of the advisory business including wealth planning products.

John and his team provide comprehensive advice to clients through every stage of their wealth lifecycle. The team provides tailored solutions by taking the time to understand each clients unique situation in order to help them achieve their wealth management goals.

With over 20 years of experience within the wealth management Industry, John has held previous senior positions at Westpac, GIO and CBA.

He joined ANZ in 2008 and holds a graduate certificate in Business Administration, a Diploma in Financial markets as well as a Diploma in Financial Planning.

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