FCI recently announced that the FCI Regional Director of South and SE Asia, Mr. LEE Kheng Leong, will leave FCI as he is engaged in another business, effective 1 January 2020. We want to thank Kheng Leong for his efforts over the past 5 years in helping raise FCI’s visibility and presence in this important growth region.  After a careful search, we can announce that his successor, Mr. Thompson LUI will begin working in the region effective immediately.  Thompson comes to FCI with over twenty years of global factoring and trade finance experience in the Asia Pacific region, having worked in the industry for two US factoring giants, GMAC and later Wells Fargo Bank, where he served as Senior Vice President, responsible for business development in Asia. He speaks three languages, English, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. Thompson spent the past seven years overseeing a team of Trade Finance/Factoring experts working in South and SE Asia. Thompson earned his BA Degree in Economics, University of Western Ontario, Canada. Thompson can be reached via email at lui@fci.nl.In his new position Thompson will oversee, accompany and develop the membership in South and South East Asia, represent FCI in the region and speak at regional conferences. We wish him great success in his new position.