Stephen is Chief Financial Officer for Hong Kong at Barclays, a position he has held since September 2014. He is also Statutory Auditor of Barclays Securities Japan Limited. Stephen has over 24 years’ experience in banking, having originally joined Barclays in 1987 in the UK. He began his investment banking career in 1996 in London before moving to Asia Pacific in 2002. He is Chairman of our Securities Company (BCAL) in Hong Kong and has operated as the ACE (Alternate Chief Executive) for the Hong Kong Branch for almost two years. Stephen graduated from Glasgow University with a Masters in Political Economy. He has a executive MBAs from the National University of Singapore and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He also holds an ICA Int Diploma in Compliance from the University of Manchester and a Diploma in Strategic Management from the University of London. He is a qualified accountant and company treasurer.