The holder of the newly created role comes to the firm from Credit Suisse.

The German-French financial group, ODDO BHF, has appointed former senior Credit Suisse figure Mischa Tschopp as head private wealth manager for the German client business, with effect from 1 November.

In this newly-created role, Tschopp will report to Joachim Häger, global head private wealth management, partner, and member of the management board of ODDO BHF. 

Tschopp is responsible for the operational expansion of the business with German private wealth clients in the DACH region. In addition to focusing on target and existing clients in the German market, this also includes co-responsibility for increasing the use of the platform in Zurich for German clients. His other tasks include the further development of the family office offering and establishing a special acquisition team for strategically important UHNW clients. 

At the same time, Uwe Seeberger, currently head of the PWM Central and South regions, is taking responsibility for all 17 private wealth management locations in Germany, effective 1 January 2024. Seeberger will report directly to Tschopp.