In her new role, Liu will be responsible for overseeing and driving the bank’s overall business strategy in China, across banking, markets, wealth and various joint venture investee companies in the country.
Liu will report jointly into John McCormick, RBS chairman for Asia Pacific, and Matthew Kirkby, regional head of global banking.
She will also join the Global Banking Asia Pacific management team.
Liu joins RBS from JP Morgan Chase, where she was chairman for China Financial Institutions and vice chairman for China.
McCormick said Sherry brings 15 years of China investment banking experience to her new role with RBS.
"RBS recognizes the importance of success in China as critical to our business performance in Asia Pacific. The addition of Sherry Liu to what is already a very experienced team is part of our continuing investment to ensure that we can best serve the needs of our clients," McCormick added.
