Pictet hires a new chief operating officer for its North Asia wealth management unit.

Pictet Wealth Management adds Jeff See to its Hong Kong office as its North Asia Chief Operating Officer (COO), as finews.asia can reveal. A spokesperson for the bank confirmed the hire.

See has a plethora of experience as a wealth management COO in the region. He was most recently a senior advisor at Synpulse after more than four years with UBP and pre-acquisition Coutts as its Asia COO. Previously, See also held various COO roles with UBS including for its UHNW and family office business in APAC.

More activities for COO

See joins the bank amidst a growth phase launched by managing partner and wealth management co-head Boris Collardi. Collardi will seek to grow Asia's front office by increasing its current 52 relationship managers to as high as 127.

Growth in the bank's activities is not limited to just volume. Diversity and complexity are also set to increase with the launch of an advisory solution in Asia next year. The offering launched in Switzerland this month.