State Street Global Advisors has promoted from within for the role of head of Global Equity Beta Solutions for Asia ex-Japan.

Based in Hong Kong, Mark Hui will oversee State Street Global Advisors (SSGA’s) Asian equity index portfolios, which are also managed from the city, the firm said in a press release.

Hui rejoined SSGA in 2015 as senior portfolio manager responsible for indexing investment management in Asia ex-Japan.

Prior to this, he was head of indexation and ETFs at HSBC Global Asset Management (U.K.) and was a global asset allocation portfolio manager at Legg Mason Asset Management.

Hui first joined SSGA as a portfolio manager managing passive portfolios and ETFs in 2003.

In the new position Hui will report to Susan Darroch, head of Global Equity Beta Solutions for Asia-Pacific ex-Japan.