The change comes at a time when Barclays has sought to re-establish a Singapore booking centre, returning to where it was about a decade ago.

Barclays has appointed one of its senior C-suite figures, Alexander Harrison (main picture), as interim head of its private bank in Singapore after the forthcoming departure of Evonne Tan, who has been named as chief executive officer of Asia Wealth at Schroders. 

The UK-listed bank is understood to be seeking a permanent successor to Tan (pictured below), who will be leaving Barclays in the second quarter of this year.

Evonne Tan

Harrison is country CEO for Singapore and chief operating officer for Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa. He has worked at Barclays for more than 25 years in various roles.

Besides his current reporting line to Jaideep Khanna, CEO Asia Pacific, Harrison will also report to Annabelle Bryde in her capacity as the head of private banking for international business for the duration of the interim arrangement. 

The departure comes at a time when, as reported in November 2024, Barclays has sought to re-establish a Singapore booking centre, returning to the situation it was in a decade ago when it sold its private banking business in the region to OCBC, parent of Bank of Singapore. Despite that deal, Barclays retained important links with Asia. 

As reported in February, Barclays appointed Werner Schlossmacher as its chief operating officer for Barclays Private Bank Asia. The role was a newly formed one.