HKEX Onboards Ferheen Mahomed to Head Legal Services Department
- Ms. Ferheen is heavily involved in the financial community and she is former member of the SFC's product advisory committee.
In light of its continuing transition, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Clearing Clearing is a general term that simply means many different things depending on the subject and related industry. Most commonly, this refers to the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences, or the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. In finance and banking, the word clearing has different meanings depending on the more specific business model. Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. Th Clearing is a general term that simply means many different things depending on the subject and related industry. Most commonly, this refers to the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences, or the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. In finance and banking, the word clearing has different meanings depending on the more specific business model. Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. Th Limited (HKEX) today announced that it has selected Ferheen Mahomed to serve as its Group General Counsel effective from today.
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The new senior appointment comes in the context of HKEX’s implementation of an internal reorganisation to better align its resources to its strategic objectives. In this connection, Ms. Mahomed will head the Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv ’s legal services department, as well as oversee the group's legal function, including the teams at the London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear.
Ms. Ferheen has been heavily involved in the financial community and she was a former member of the product advisory committee of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. She also served as member of the Asia Pacific legal and regulatory Committee of ISDA and vice chairman of the banking and finance committee of the French chamber of commerce.
Prior to this position, Ms. Mahomed served most recently as Executive Vice President of Business Development at Pacific Century Group. She also worked as General Counsel for CLSA Asia Pacific Markets for four years after spending 14 years as Asia Pacific General Counsel for Societe Generale. She is both a UK and Hong Kong qualified lawyer having previously worked at Slaughter and May in Hong Kong and London.
Ferheen will report to HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li and work closely with HKEX's Chief Regulatory Officer and Head of Listing, David Graham, who will continue to have overall group-wide oversight of regulatory matters in addition to his responsibility for the listing, regulatory compliance and secretarial services departments.
Ferheen is a law graduate from the University of Hong Kong and Rhodes Scholar to St. John's College Oxford, holding a bachelor's degree in Civil Law from Oxford University.
In light of its continuing transition, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Clearing Clearing is a general term that simply means many different things depending on the subject and related industry. Most commonly, this refers to the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences, or the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. In finance and banking, the word clearing has different meanings depending on the more specific business model. Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. Th Clearing is a general term that simply means many different things depending on the subject and related industry. Most commonly, this refers to the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences, or the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. In finance and banking, the word clearing has different meanings depending on the more specific business model. Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. Th Limited (HKEX) today announced that it has selected Ferheen Mahomed to serve as its Group General Counsel effective from today.
To unlock the Asian market, register now to the iFX EXPO in Hong Kong
The new senior appointment comes in the context of HKEX’s implementation of an internal reorganisation to better align its resources to its strategic objectives. In this connection, Ms. Mahomed will head the Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv ’s legal services department, as well as oversee the group's legal function, including the teams at the London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear.
Ms. Ferheen has been heavily involved in the financial community and she was a former member of the product advisory committee of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. She also served as member of the Asia Pacific legal and regulatory Committee of ISDA and vice chairman of the banking and finance committee of the French chamber of commerce.
Prior to this position, Ms. Mahomed served most recently as Executive Vice President of Business Development at Pacific Century Group. She also worked as General Counsel for CLSA Asia Pacific Markets for four years after spending 14 years as Asia Pacific General Counsel for Societe Generale. She is both a UK and Hong Kong qualified lawyer having previously worked at Slaughter and May in Hong Kong and London.
Ferheen will report to HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li and work closely with HKEX's Chief Regulatory Officer and Head of Listing, David Graham, who will continue to have overall group-wide oversight of regulatory matters in addition to his responsibility for the listing, regulatory compliance and secretarial services departments.
Ferheen is a law graduate from the University of Hong Kong and Rhodes Scholar to St. John's College Oxford, holding a bachelor's degree in Civil Law from Oxford University.