, a Geneva-headquartered private bank, has appointed senior Swiss bank industry figure Reto Kunz (main picture) as chairman of its board of directors, succeeding Massimo Esposito, who will continue to serve as a director.
The Swiss bank has also appointed Fabian Käslin (pictured below) as head of private banking.
Fabian Käslin
Before working as an independent risk management expert, Kunz was chief risk officer at EFG Bank and BSI, head of group risk management at Liechtensteinische Landesbank (now called LLB Group), head of credit risk wealth management global, and then risk officer at UBS. He was also involved in setting up governance at Switzerland-based Seba Bank, now Amina Bank, one of the first crypto banks.
Käslin is responsible for managing the institution's private banking activities. After starting his banking career more than 15 years ago at UBS, he served in senior roles at Julius Baer, first in Zurich in private banking, then in Montevideo as chief operating officer for the South LatAm region, before returning to Zurich to become deputy COO for international business. In 2021, he became chief financial officer and COO of BIL Switzerland, before being appointed CEO of Banque Havilland (Liechtenstein).