5 February 2015

BSI appoints new head of private banking for Asia

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 5th February 2015

Following the news of a recent management reshuffle at the private bank, BSI announces a new head of private banking for Asia.

In a newly-created role, Raj Sriram is BSI Bank’s new head of private banking, Asia, based in Singapore, effective on 2nd February 2015, in addition to being the bank’s deputy CEO Asia. In his expanded role, he will look at bolstering the bank’s client offering and drive the business in the region. He will report to Hanspeter Brunner, CEO of BSI Asia.

“This is a very important and exciting time for BSI Asia and Raj’s expanded role is part of our strategy to create an even stronger and more dynamic offering to our clients. Raj is a tremendous asset to our leadership team and is absolutely committed to the needs of clients and colleagues,” said Brunner, commenting on the new role.

With more than two decades of private banking experience, Sriram joined BSI in December 2009 as deputy CEO Asia and head of private banking South and Southeast Asia. Prior to this role, he worked at Coutts as the head of private banking for North Asia and at American Express.

The move comes shortly after the head of private banking North Asia and another industry veteran Esther Heer, announced her retirement from the Swiss bank at the end of last year. After three decade with the bank, Heer retired and was replaced by Jonathan Lin. Under the new structure, Lin reports to Sriram based in Singapore.

 

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