Zurich-listed wealth manager EFG International has recruited Adrian Kyriazi as regional business head for continental Europe and Switzerland, effective 14 July.

Zurich-listed wealth manager EFG International has recruited Adrian Kyriazi as regional business head for continental Europe and Switzerland, effective 14 July.

Kyriazi will be a member of both the EFG International and EFG Bank executive committees, subject to regulatory approval, EFG said in a statement.

He takes responsibility for Switzerland from chief executive John Williamson and for continental Europe from Alain Diriberry, chairman of private banking in Geneva.

Kyriazi was previously managing director, market group head for Greece, CEE/Poland with Credit Suisse from 2010-14.

Before this he spent nineteen years at HSBC in a number of different roles, including  managing director, private banking and co-CEO of HSBC Private Bank, Monaco; CEO of West Coast Region, USA, HSBC Private Bank; and CEO of Global Practices (encompassing wealth and tax advisory, corporate finance, and family office), HSBC Private Bank.

Earlier this month, EFG confirmed that chairman Jean Pierre Cuoni is stepping down from this role next year and disposing of 30 per cent of the Cuoni family shareholding in the firm.

He announced his intention to step down by not seeking re-election at the annual general meeting in 2015, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the firm he co-founded in 1995.