Bay-Area based investment management company HonTe Investments has appointed Joann Shie-Chen as operations manager, responsible for furthering the design and implementation of HonTe’s institutional-grade, operations platform. 

Shie-Chen joins from over six years in operations and compliance at Sensato Investors, a USD4 billion investment adviser.  
 
Previously, she held relationship management positions at both Barclays Global Investors and Goldman Sachs.
 
HonTe’s chief executive Christopher Lutton says: “We are thrilled that Joann has joined the HonTe team; she has the necessary knowledge, experience and professionalism to further our high operational standards. We will continue to build infrastructure around her, which already includes our new headquarters at One Market Plaza, located in the heart of San Francisco's financial district.”   
 
“Joann will be a critical ingredient in our evolution from a family office to a judicious fiduciary of external capital,” adds Alex Gurevich, HonTe’s chief investment officer.   
 
HonTe Investments, is the parent company of HonTe Advisors, an NFA member firm that is registered with the CFTC. HonTe Advisors uses a discretionary macro strategy, which invests in liquid futures primarily in interest rates, currencies, equities and commodities markets as well as OTC currency markets.