Rob Morrison
Chairman, CLSA Asia Pacific Markets
Headquartered in Hong Kong, CLSA is the leading independent research, brokerage, investment bank and private equity group in Asia. CLSA operates in 15 countries, and was the first foreign investment bank to be granted a domestic joint venture investment banking licence in China. Rob Morrison joined CLSA in January 2000 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of CLSA Limited in 2002. Rob Morrison became group Chairman in 2006. He has over 20 years experience in the financial markets, including a variety of roles with Bankers Trust and Ord Minett (a member of the Jardine Fleming Group) in Australia and New Zealand.
About CLSA
Founded in 1986, CLSA is recognised globally for its award-winning, innovative and independent research. In recent years, CLSA has led the market with the publication of research on renewable energy, solar power and bio-fuel, as well as adding environmental governance to its corporate governance survey. CLSA has established a series of successful joint ventures including China Euro Securities Limited, the first joint venture to be granted a domestic investment banking licence in China since its entrance into the WTO. CLSA was voted the overall #1 broker in the Asiamoney 15 year poll-of-polls.
In 2006 and 2007, CLSA launched two unique Asian based funds, Clean Resources Asia, a fund focusing on Asia resource efficiency and environmental technology, and Clear Water Asia, a fund focused on technology related to improving water usage efficiency. In 2007 CLSA Hong Kong was accredited with ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System) certification.
CLSA’s major shareholder is France’s Credit Agricole, which merged in 2003 with Credit Lyonnais to form the 6th largest bank in the world by Tier One capital and the 7th largest bank in the worldmeasured by assets. CLSA enjoys substantial staff ownership, which contributes to its independent stance and operations.
