Emissary Partners, the London-based firm that advises family offices on complex cross-border situations, has appointed four senior advisors with backgrounds spanning wealth management, intelligence, foreign policy and Asian investment.
The appointments strengthen the firm's presence in London, Washington, DC and Singapore. The new advisors will work closely with Emissary's executive team, advising clients on complex situations and opportunities across jurisdictions.
Guy Hudson brings more than 40 years of experience across wealth management, private banking, asset management and family office services. He was most recently a Partner at multi-family office Stonehage Fleming (now Corient), responsible for its global brand, strategic communications and stakeholder engagement. Earlier roles include Director at Heartwood Wealth Management and senior distribution and marketing positions at Mellon.
Kristen Katulis, co-founder of Washington, DC-based advisory firm North Star Global Strategies, spent more than 25 years at the Central Intelligence Agency, where she led its analytic programme on China as Chief of Analysis and was Managing Editor of the President's Daily Brief. She retired as one of the agency's most senior analytic leaders.
Brian Katulis, also a co-founder of North Star Global Strategies, is a Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy at the Middle East Institute. He has held roles at the US Department of State, the White House National Security Council and the Department of Defense, and was appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the UN Panel of Experts on Libya.
Hyuktae Kwon is Founder and CEO of Pine Capital Management, a Singapore-based, MAS-licensed asset manager and multi-family office platform advising families and entrepreneurs across Asia, Europe and North America. He previously managed liquidity and funding across several Asian markets at Goldman Sachs, before building and exiting a consumer products business in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Founder Matthew L. McGrath said each of the new advisors brings perspectives that will help family offices anticipate and respond to a changing world, as the firm builds a team able to meet the interdisciplinary challenges global family offices face.
Founded by McGrath in 2019 and headquartered in London, Emissary Partners supports family offices and family-linked sovereigns with cross-border legacy and stranded assets, commercial diplomacy for market access, governance and resilience, and special projects, across the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Source: Emissary Partners via Business Wire.
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