HOLISTIC WEALTH

Lavanya Chari, HBSC's global head of investments and wealth solutions, on taking a comprehensive approach to wealth management.

- Alvin Wong

LAVANYA CHARI BELIEVES in bringing her whole self to her role as a key driving force behind HSBC’s global private banking and wealth product strategies. Her unencumbered—and bold—approach to her professional duties has yielded growth and benefits on many fronts, from empowering her approximately 1,200-strong staff through her emphatic management style, to fortifying and growing the finances of the bank’s global clientele via an all-encompassing approach to wealth management.

Since joining HSBC in 2020 to spearhead its Investments & Wealth Solutions (IWS) division, Chari has spearheaded a number of initiatives that bring new perspectives and meaning to personal and fiscal growth. These include HSBC’s IWS Women’s Network (IWin) programme that fosters an inclusive environment to help women advance their careers, and the environmental, social and governance (ESG) programme within HSBC Wealth and Personal Banking in 2021.