J. Safra Sarasin private bank is further strengthening the global distribution network. Two of the new hires are joining the bank from Aviva Investors.
J. Safra Sarasin has hired three new staff for its products and distribution division. The hirings came in connection with a planned further expansion of the international business, the company said in a statement today.
Bernhard Speiser (pictured left) joins J. Safra Sarasin from Western Asset Management. He will be co-head institutional clients with Daniel Graf.
Fabio Ferra (pictured below) will assume the position as head of Swiss and international wholesale distribution. He worked at Aviva Investors in Zurich. Felicity McAndrew also joins from Aviva will equally be working in the distribution organization of the Swiss-Brazilian private bank. 
Speiser and Ferra will report to François Andriot, who’s in charge of the wholesale and institutional clients business at J. Safra Sarasin.
