The Swiss private bank has reshuffled its front office, handing senior roles to recent hires from rival firms.

Julius Baer has made four appointments to its front office management.

Massimo Hilber, the bank's head of relationship since 2014, has been appointed to lead the front office. 

Meanwhile, Annabel Bosman and Robert Woodthorpe Browne have joined as heads of relationship management. Browne was previously market head for England and a member of the management committee at Adam & Co, where he was responsible for a team of relationship managers, investment managers and financial planners. He has also worked at Coutts and BNP Paribas Fortis. In his new role, Browne will take charge of Julius Baer's Dublin office.

Bosman joined Julius Baer as a senior relationship manager in November 2015 from Deutsche Bank, where she was a member of the senior management. Prior to that, she was an investment counsellor at Citi.

Lastly, Paul McCafferty, who joined Julius Baer at the beginning of this year from Barclays Wealth, will now serve as deputy head of relationship management, joining Terry Gyorffy and Rajan Rattan in the role.

“These changes will help us to build our business in the UK and Ireland and to reinforce our position as the top independent wealth manager in a market where most major firms are attached to asset managers or investment banks,” said David Durlacher, chief executive of Julius Baer UK and Ireland.