Julius Baer bolsters its sales and advisory capabilities in the region with the hire of a former investment banker from HSBC, finews.asia has learned.

Rajarshi Mitra joins Julius Baer as its head of solutions and sales, cross asset APAC, according to an internal memo seen by finews.asia, reporting to head market services, solutions & sales APAC Kern Lee. Based in Singapore, Mitra is tasked with overseeing the bank’s FX, structured products and tailored solutions teams in Hong Kong and Singapore. 

Mitra has 15 years of experience handling institutional clients, most recently at HSBC Global Markets where he was the ASEAN co-head of institutional & wealth sales. Previously, he also worked at BNP Paribas in Dubai.

A spokesperson for the bank confirmed the contents of the memo.