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EXCLUSIVE: VP Bank Singapore Adds Senior Ex-Clariden Duo

Tara Loader Wilkinson Editor Asia 27 July 2012

EXCLUSIVE: VP Bank Singapore Adds Senior Ex-Clariden Duo

VP Bank Singapore, the Asia division of the Liechtenstein private bank, has made two more senior hires following a team hire a few days ago.

VP Bank Singapore, the Asia division of the Liechtenstein private bank, has made two more senior hires on the back of a team hire last week. 

Peter Buehler joined as head of intermediaries for Asia, reporting to chief executive of Asia for VP Bank, Ian Pollock. He will focus on external asset managers in Asia.

Buehler was based at Clariden Leu, the Swiss bank recently absorbed by Credit Suisse. He worked there for two years, most recently as head of European market and external asset managers in Asia. Before that he was at UBS. 

Jane Foo has also joined the Singapore business, as senior execution/forex advisor in the investment advisory and trading team. She was previously based at Liechtenstein-based rival LGT; before that she was also at Clariden Leu. 

The news comes in the wake of two other senior hires, announced exclusively by WealthBriefingAsia last week. 

Matthew Tay joined from HSBC Private Bank, as market head Indo-China. Chua Eng Leong and Michael Bheem joined from Swiss wealth manager Julius Baer. Eng Leong is market head Singapore and Bheem reports to Eng Leong.

Pollock who started earlier this year, left Julius Baer late last year after two years as jointly running the roles of chief financial officer for Asia and chief operating officer for North Asia.

Pollock was mandated to grow the Asian business for the Vaduz-headquartered bank, which in March recruited Patrick Donaldson, a former Barclays private banker, as executive director and senior relationship manager, based in Singapore.

In April Reto Isenring started in the newly-created function of chief operating officer and deputy CEO. He was previously interim CEO of the bank's Singapore branch pending Pollock's appointment.


 

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