Paul Hoff Managing Director, FTSE Asia Pacific
Mr Hoff opened FTSE Group's first office in Tokyo in January 2003 where he is based. He has responsibility for the Group's activities in the whole of the Asia Pacific region including managing FTSE's existing regional headquarters in Hong Kong, which started operating in 2001.
In his role at FTSE Group, Mr Hoff oversees business development in the Asia Pacific region and works to develop further partnership initiatives in the local financial communities. Mr Hoff also directs the sales, marketing and client services functions for the region.
Prior to joining FTSE Group, Mr Hoff worked in the Japanese financial markets for more than 20 years. During 17 years with HSBC Securities’ Tokyo branch, Mr Hoff worked in Japanese equity research and sales, international equity capital markets, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He was initially responsible for establishing the James Capel & Co. securities branch, the forerunner to HSBC Securities Tokyo branch. He began his career in equities with Grieveson, Grant and Co., setting up its Japanese equity research department in 1983.
Mr Hoff has lived in Asia for 30 years and speaks fluent Japanese as well as Korean. He is a Member of the Securities Institute, London, UK.
