Wells Fargo & Company announced that Jafar Amin has been named the new regional president for its Asia Pacific (APAC) region, succeeding Jim Johnston who served as interim regional president. Amin is based in Hong Kong and reports to Richard Yorke, chief operating officer for Wells Fargo’s Wholesale Banking business. As regional president, Amin will work with other Wells Fargo business leaders to serve commercial, corporate and financial institution customers across APAC. He will also represent the interests of Wells Fargo to regional regulators, government officials, central banks, and financial institutions in the Asia Pacific region. In addition to his role as regional president, Amin was also appointed head of Wells Fargo’s Global Financial Institutions (GFI) business in APAC, leading a team that manages relationships with financial institutions throughout the region. As head of GFI Asia, Amin succeeds Jim Ho, who was named head of Wells Fargo’s Greater China Business Development and Advisory team. Amin relocated from London, where he most recently served as executive vice president and head of Global Financial Institutions (GFI) Europe. He managed teams in Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, and the U.S. that were responsible for managing relationships with financial institutions in 26 European countries. Before joining Wells Fargo in 2012, Amin was with HSBC for more than 12 years where he held leadership and management positions across various functions, including Financial Institutions, Corporate and Commercial Banking, Public Sector, Global Human Resources, and Transaction Banking in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.