Union Bancaire Privee has added to its Indonesian client capabilities with the hire of a wealth manager into its Singapore unit.
Febby Avianto (pictured below) joins Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) as Market Head, South East Asia, with responsibility to grow UBP’s Indonesian business. In this position he will report to Ranjit Khanna, Market Head, South Asia and NRI Asia and Middle East.
Prior to joining UBP Avianto was a Managing Director at the now shuttered Falcon Private Bank in Singapore. Previous to this he also worked with RBC, Bank Sarasin and UBS in Singapore serving the Indonesian market.
He began his wealth management career at Citi in Indonesia. A spokesperson at UBP confirmed the appointment.
Asian Hiring to Continue
In a recent interview with finews.asia Guy de Picciotto Chief Executive of UBP, spoke of his banks desire to continue to build the teams in both Hong Kong and Singapore post the Coutts acquisition.
«We feel our private banking business is served well enough with our Singapore and our Hong Kong sites. However, we would like to hire some more relationship managers. As several other banks are pulling out of the region, that shouldn't prove too difficult,» he said.
