Kreab Gavin Anderson Hong Kong announces two director appointments

In the newly created role, Schlueter will be responsible for the firm’s financial communications practice, encompassing investor relations, mergers and acquisitions and similar transactions, according to the firm.

Schlueter brings more than 20 years of experience in investor relations and corporate communications at public and private companies in Hong Kong and the US. She is Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) certified, with expertise in energy, shipping and technology.

Previously, Schlueter was director of investor relations and corporate communications at Clearwater Capital, a private equity firm in Hong Kong. Before moving to Hong Kong in 2010, she was head of investor relations and corporate communications at Overseas Shipholding Group in the US. She also worked with Gartner as managing vice-president of operations.

In her new role, Biasin will lead a number of clients, looking after their corporate reputation issues. She is focused on building the firm’s corporate communications business in the consumer industry sector.

She has been with Kreab Gavin Anderson since 2006, spending her first six years in the London office advising European-listed clients on cross-border and domestic M&A transactions, IPOs, restructurings and bond issues.

Since relocating to Hong Kong in 2012, she has been working with financial and professional services firms on corporate profile raising and thought leadership across Asia as associate director in the corporate communications team.

They both report to Walter Jennings, managing partner, Hong Kong and China, and will work on multi-country programmes for key clients, including Alvarez & Marsal, Orrick, and CME Group, said the firm.