Vikram Malhotra joins as managing director, head of South Asia. In this role, he will be responsible for managing a team of Hong Kong and Singapore-based bankers providing wealth management and advisory solutions to the South Asian community in Asia Pacific, Barclays Wealth said in a statement.

Mr Malhotra reports to Srinivas Siripurapu, head of Southeast Asia and South Asia, and market manager, South Asian Community.

Prior to joining Barclays Wealth, Mr Malhotra was managing director, country team head, India International Asia at UBS, where he managed a team of Hong Kong and Singapore-based bankers servicing South Asian clients. Mr Malhotra has more than 15 years of corporate and private banking experience gained at financial institutions across Asia, including ABN Amro and Standard Chartered, at which he held various leadership roles.

Also joining Barclays Wealth from UBS are two senior bankers serving the South Asian high net worth community.  Jagdish Kale and Rohit Nanani join as directors, effective 24 February 2010, and will be based in Singapore.