The Merrill Lynch clue points to Harry Ng — a strong candidate, but the name “Kong Hung Ng” is unverified

Asked:

“Find me a wealth manager named ‘Kong hung ng’ who’s based in Singapore.”

Asked (follow-up):

“No that’s not him. The person I’m looking for worked at Merrill lynch in wealth mgmt”

Six articles from five finance-industry publications corroborate one Singapore-based wealth-planning executive matching the Merrill Lynch wealth-management clue. All six name him only “Harry Ng”; none states his full legal name.

Harry Ng

Singapore-based wealth-planning executive · senior wealth planning specialist, Bank of Singapore

Merrill Lynch role

Asia-Pacific head of the wealth-planning team at Merrill Lynch’s wealth-management division in Singapore; latterly Asia-Pacific trust and wealth-structuring marketing head

Merrill Lynch period

1997 to 2013, per one source citing his LinkedIn profile; two other sources describe a seventeen-year Singapore-based stint

Career after Merrill Lynch

Julius Baer (managing director, North Asia head of wealth planning) → Nomura Trust Company Singapore (head of trust company and wealth planning strategy & solutions, Asia ex-Japan) → Bank of Singapore (senior wealth planning specialist, covering Greater China and North Asia, Singapore, Malaysia and international markets)

Base

Singapore, across all reported roles

Name unverified. Every source identifies him only as “Harry Ng”. No public source confirms that his full name is “Kong Hung Ng”, so he is a strong candidate — not a confirmed identification.

Two publications independently place him as Asia-Pacific head of Merrill Lynch’s wealth-planning team in Singapore, before Julius Baer acquired the division — wealthbriefing.com, privatebankerinternational.com

His Merrill Lynch tenure of 1997 to 2013 is stated in eFinancialCareers coverage citing his LinkedIn profile — efinancialcareers.sg

Bank of Singapore hired him from Nomura in 2020 as a senior wealth planning specialist — efinancialcareers.hk

Nomura named him head of Nomura Trust Co and wealth-planning strategy for Asia ex-Japan, hiring him from Julius Baer — financemagnates.com

Source corroboration

Source	Article	Merrill Lynch role reported	Period

Six rows from five finance-industry publications (eFinancialCareers SG/HK, Finance Magnates, WealthBriefing, FortuneZ, Private Banker International), each reporting Harry Ng’s roles at Merrill Lynch, Julius Baer, Nomura and Bank of Singapore; career-after-Merrill detail summarised in the card for space. No source states his full legal name.

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