The former chief executive of RBS Wealth International, Gary Müller, has been named head of strategy Europe at EFG International, the latest senior change at this Swiss bank in recent days.

Müller also joins the management committee of EFG Bank, the firm’s Swiss subsdiary, the bank said in a statement. The appointment is subject to regulatory approval.

Müller will support Alain Diriberry, CEO of the European business, in setting strategy for the business and then implementing it.

Encompassing operations in Switzerland, Spain, France, Scandinavia, Luxembourg, Monaco, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar, the European business will form an important part of the full review of EFG International being undertaken by John Williamson, the new group CEO. (To view other recent EFG management changes, click here and here.) 

“This review is a reflection of EFG International's desire to balance more effectively a continued commitment to growth with a more disciplined approach to profitability,” the bank said.

Prior to joining EFG International, Gary Müller spent more than 16 years with RBS Coutts, most recently as CEO of RBS Coutts Bank (since 2006) and of RBS Wealth International (since 2009). In these capacities, he was responsible for offices in Zurich, Bern, Geneva, Lugano, Singapore, Hong Kong, Montevideo and the Isle of Man, as well as the international division of Coutts & Co in London.

From 1999 to 2006, Müller was chief financial officer and chief risk officer of RBS Coutts Bank. He co-led the merger with Bank von Ernst in 2005, which established RBS Coutts Bank as one of the largest foreign banks in Switzerland.