Kevin Ho
About Kevin Ho
Kevin Ho serves as the Vice President of Collateral Management at HSBC, where he has worked since 2014. He has extensive experience in collateral operations, having held various roles in prominent financial institutions and successfully led audits and process improvements.
Work at HSBC
Kevin Ho has been serving as Vice President of Collateral Management at HSBC since 2014. In this role, he leads a team of five, overseeing daily collateral operations for both the Prime Finance Margin and Structured Equity Finance Margin teams. He has acted as the Deputy Regional Head of APAC Collateral, managing the overall team following the departure of the Regional Head. Kevin has consistently achieved a Top Performer rating for two consecutive years in his current position, reflecting his effectiveness in managing collateral operations.
Education and Expertise
Kevin Ho studied at Singapore Management University from 2000 to 2003, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Management. His educational background provides a solid foundation for his expertise in collateral management and finance. Over the years, he has developed a comprehensive understanding of collateral operations, risk management, and regulatory compliance, which he applies in his current role at HSBC.
Background
Before joining HSBC, Kevin Ho held various positions in the finance sector. He worked at UBS as a Client Advisor Assistant in Wealth Management from 2007 to 2009. He also served as an Associate in Collateral Management at the Royal Bank of Scotland from 2009 to 2011 and as a Team Manager at Standard Chartered Bank from 2011 to 2013. His career began with an internship at Citi in 2003, and he gained further experience as a Margin Management Analyst at Deutsche Bank from 2005 to 2007.
Achievements
Kevin Ho has led significant initiatives in his career, including a successful audit of the Structured Equity Finance margin processes. He identified a monthly custodian fees gap that had persisted since 2012, implementing a process that closed an annual loss of HKD 250k and generated approximately HKD 350k in revenue. Additionally, he was nominated to review Tokyo collateral and valuations processes, achieving FTE savings of 0.75 headcount. He successfully offshored all functions of the Data Quality onshore team within the first year of his leadership.