ZEDRA, a provider of trust, corporate and fund services, has strengthened its trust and corporate services business by hiring industry veterans Jacqueline Shek and Stella Tong.

Based in Hong Kong, Shek will take up the role of executive director of Trust Services. Tong will assume the responsibilities of an executive director for family office services.

Shek has over 18 years of experience in the financial industry and specialises in tax, trust & private wealth structuring.

Shek formerly served a bank-owned private trust businesses as global head of legal and prior to that she worked as a partner in an international law firm in Hong Kong.

Tong has more than three decades of experience in private client and corporate advisory and structuring services. Prior to this appointment, Tong was a partner at a Hong Kong law firm and a China-based law firm, where she was tasked with development of trust and fiduciary business.

ZEDRA Hong Kong managing director John Ashwood said: “Jacqueline and Stella bring ZEDRA a wealth of expertise and knowledge in trust and estate planning, wealth preservation, family governance, family office, philanthropic and corporate trust areas.

“Their combined experience, industry reputation and strong professional networks will give us key advantages as we set out to develop and grow this part of the business quickly over the next three years.”

ZEDRA operates through 14 locations globally, including Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Singapore, the UK, Switzerland and Miami.