Union Bancaire Privée is continuing its expansion plans with the appointment of four executives to its Luxembourg-based private banking operations.

Stephane Haesaert has been named head of business development, private banking. He was latterly head of business development for family office and ultra high net worth clients at BNP Paribas Wealth Management International for the regions of Europe, Brazil and the Gulf states. He has also worked at Paribas Belgium and in the US and Germany.

Georges Liberman is to join as head of wealth technology. He was latterly head of wealth planning at HSBC Luxembourg. He has worked in the financial sector for 20 years in Asia, the US, the UK and Switzerland.

Charles Lamoulen joins as a senior portfolio manager, in charge of commercial offerings. He has 13 years of experience in portfolio management and investment advisory at Société Générale and UBS.

Finally, Joel Murcia joins as head of markets for France. He was formerly a director at a family office. He has worked at Ernst & Young and Compagnie Générale de Banque Gonet and Bank Luxembourg during his career.

In other recent news, only last week the firm appointed Philippe Broadhead as UK head of sales in its asset management division.