Former senior BNP Paribas wealth management executive Eric Morin has been appointed as managing director and chief executive for Bank Sarasin in its Singapore branch, and Southeast Asia.

Former senior BNP Paribas wealth management executive Eric Morin has been appointed as managing director and chief executive for Bank Sarasin in its Singapore branch, and Southeast Asia, the Swiss private banking firm said today.

Eric Morin, who is based in Singapore, reports to Enid Yip, chief executive for Asia, Bank Sarasin said in a statement.

At BNP Paribas, where Morin had worked since 1987, he was most recently deputy CEO for Southeast Asia, market manager for international wealth management and other Asian markets, and a member of the Asian wealth Management executive committee.

“Eric is a deeply respected private banker who has fostered and managed a substantial business across key markets in Asia. He is a proven strategic leader, having developed and implemented growth strategies in the region,” Yip said.

Morin relocated to Singapore in 2007, moving to the city-state from Geneva, where he had been area manager, emerging markets, covering the Asia, the Middle East, Turkey, Latin America and CIS countries since 2004.

In various management positions with BNP Paribas Morin, a native of France, has also been based in New Delhi, Bahrain and Paris.