People Moves
Credit Suisse Reshuffles Asian Private Bank Leaderships

The bank names a new COO for Asia as the predecessor heads to Switzerland after a 12-year stint in Tokyo and Singapore.
One of the top executives for Credit Suisse’s private bank in
Asia, Christian Huber, is heading to the bank’s home country of
Switzerland to take up another top role, this publication can
confirm.
Huber will join Credit Suisse’s Swiss Universal Bank division as
the new chief operating officer of the private and wealth
management clients business, taking effect from 1 March. He will
report to Serge Fehr, head of private wealth management clients
at the Swiss Universal Bank, Credit Suisse said in
a memo seen by this publication.
Huber, who has been with the bank for two decades, is leaving
Asia after having worked in senior roles in Tokyo and Singapore
for the past 12 years. Most recently, he was COO of the lender’s
private banking franchise in Asia. He was also a member of Credit
Suisse’s central COO/CFO organisation based in Switzerland.
Alain Bernasconi, COO for private banking in South Asia and COO
of the Singapore location for private banking, will take up
Huber’s COO role for Asia. Bernasconi will report to Francois
Monnet, head of private banking for North Asia as the primary
manager, with another reporting line to Benjamin Cavalli, head of
private banking for South Asia, and Chien Chien Wong, chief
operating officer of the APAC division. Bernasconi is an 18-year
veteran of Credit Suisse and has been in Singapore in total for
eight years in different roles.