The head of private clients for Lombard Odier Darier Hetsch in Hong Kong will return to his homeland of Switzerland after 11 years in the role. 

Philip Jehle, a 24-year private banking veteran, is moving back to Zurich next week for family reasons but will continue to look after his Asian clients from there, confirmed a spokesperson for the Swiss bank. .

Jehle does not replace anyone in Zurich and his management duties in Hong Kong will be taken up by locally-based Philippe Adler, managing director.

In 1991, Jehle moved to Hong Kong where he built up the client base of LGT in Asia over a decade. In 2001 he joined Lombard Odier in his current role.