Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited announced the following senior appointments, all effective January 7, 2013, unless otherwise stated. Mr. Greiner, who was HKEx's Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as HKEx's Head of Global Clearing. As the Head of Global Clearing, Greiner oversees all clearing businesses of the HKEx group, including existing clearing operations, OTC clearing, LME Clear and risk management.

Apart from being HKEx's Head of Global Clearing, Greiner continues to be the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited. Mr. Greiner, aged 56, was HKEx's Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Head of Exchange Division from 2004 to 2007 prior to being appointed as HKEx's Chief Operating Officer, and a senior director of the supervision of markets division of the SFC from 1989 to 2004. He also held various senior executive positions at the US Securities and Exchange Commission from 1984 to 1989.

Mr. Henry Ingrouille ("Mr Ingrouille"), who was HKEx's Chief Administrative Officer, has been appointed as HKEx's Chief Operating Officer. Simultaneously, the role of the Chief Operating Officer is being redefined. As the Chief Operating Officer, Ingrouille is responsible for the corporate services encompassing human resources, corporate and investor communications, research and policy, and enterprise risk and information security as well as the functions of the Chief Administrative Officer which are being taken up by Ms. Monica Wong who will continue to report to Mr. Ingrouille.

The SFC has approved the appointment of Ingrouille as HKEx's Chief Operating Officer effective 4 January 2013. Ingrouille, aged 42, has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, most of which were based in Asia. Before joining HKEx, Mr. Ingrouille was a Managing Director and Head of Asian operations for Morgan Stanley.

Prior to this, Mr. Ingrouille held various positions in Morgan Stanley, including Global Head of collateral management and Asia Head of multi-asset client service. He began his career as an international relations analyst for the London Stock Exchange. Mr. Henry Law ("Mr Law"), who was Head of Corporate Communications, has been appointed as HKEx's Chief Communications Officer.

As the Chief Communications Officer, Mr. Law directly reports to HKEx's Chief Executive and assists in all external communication affairs. The supervision of corporate and investor communications will be taken over by the Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Law, aged 58, has over 35 years of experience in the corporate communications field.

He was appointed HKEx's Head of Corporate Communications following the merger of the stock and futures exchanges in 2000, and HKEx's Executive Vice President in 2005. Mr. Law first joined SEHK in 1988 as its Head of Corporate Communications. Prior to this, Mr. Law worked in an international public relations agency for over 13 years.