Vontobel has appointed Daniel Wittmer as head of the Private Banking Special Clients.

Swiss Private Bank Vontobel has appointed Daniel Wittmer as head of the Private Banking Special Clients. Before joining Vontobel, he spent 10 years at the private bank Rüd Blass & Cie, of which he was the chief executive from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, Mr Wittmer worked for the Zuger Kantontalbank for 10 years, where he was responsible for serving wealthy private clients. The Vontobel Group is an internationally-oriented Swiss private bank. The family-owned bank was first established in Zurich in 1924. At the end of 2006, the bank held over SFr108 billion of assets and has around 1,200 employees worldwide.