The Swiss private bank is making a slew of appointments to its Singapore team. They include several veterans of the wealth management industry.
EFG has gone on a hiring spree in the city-state, according to «Citywire Asia», which reported eight new appointments at the firm. The move is in line with the Swiss private bank's ambitions to grow its business in Asia Pacific.
The Zurich-based firm hired Brandon Wong as a senior investment counselor from BNP Paribas, where he spent nine years in a similar role at the French bank's wealth arm. EFG is also hiring Grace Wong, a two-decade industry veteran, from BNP, where she is currently team director for Taiwan.
Poaching from Local Rival
At EFG, Wong will be a senior vice president and client relationship officer, in EFG's team for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The Swiss bank is also hiring Whilton Leo as client relationship officer and managing director. He is being poached from Brazilian-Swiss private bank J. Safra Sarasin, where he was a senior director for client advisory.
EFG has also hired five private bankers from local rival Bank of Singapore to its South Asia team, based in Singapore: Jayanta Chatterjee, Manoj Samtani, Rohit Punjabi, Vishal Rajani, and Nitin Kakaria, «Citywire Asia» reported.
