Howden has appointed Cindy Yeo as director for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Asia, according to the company’s LinkedIn post on Monday.
Yeo is the broker’s latest hire from Aon, where she served for one year, most recently as director.
A lawyer by profession, she brings more than a decade of experience across private practice, in-house roles and M&A insurance, and has worked on a wide range of complex transactions across the region. She has had stints at Samsung C&T Corporation, Vista C&I Global, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, Allen & Gledhill, Rajah & Tann Asia, and Clifford Chance LLP.
“She combines strong technical grounding with sharp commercial instincts — exactly what’s needed in today’s fast-moving M&A environment,” Howden said.
Yeo’s move follows Kyle Chan’s appointment as senior director for M&A Asia last week and a number of other talent recruitments from rival Aon across Singapore, Greater China and Japan for Howden’s expansion of its M&A insurance team in Asia.
