The Shangri-La Group has made two key regional appointments covering the Middle East, India, Indian Ocean, Europe and the Americas (MEIA).

Kapil Aggarwal and Choon Wah Wong have both been promoted to co-heads of the MEIA region. Aggarwal will oversee operations in Turkey, the Middle East, India and the Indian Ocean, while Wong will take responsibility for Europe and the Americas.

Prior to their latest appointments, Wong was vice president of investment and asset management and Aggarwal was vice president of investment and asset management as well as deputy to the executive vice president of operations for the MEIA region.

Aggarwal, who has been working with Shangri-La for eight years, initially joined in 2013 as director of asset management.

Wong joined Shangri-La in 2018, having spent the majority of the previous 18 years in the private equity real estate investment sector. He has held senior roles with APG Asset Management, Partners Group and Standard Life Investments (Singapore), before eventually relocating to Shangri-La’s regional office in London.