The outgoing market head for the region has been in the banking sector for almost 40 years, 10 of which were at Julius Baer.

Julius Baer has appointed Shui Wei Ho (pictured below ) and Vi Sun Yang (pictured below) as market heads for Southeast Asia, taking effect from the start of July.
 

Shui Wei Ho

Vi Sun Yang

They will be succeeding Chin Lit Yee (main picture), who is retiring after nearly four decades in banking, the Zurich-listed bank said in a statement last Friday. 

Yee has led the private bank’s Southeast Asia market in a variety of leadership positions and worked at Julius Baer for 10 years.

“We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Chin Lit for his passion and exemplary leadership over the past 10 years,” Jimmy Lee, region head for Asia and member of the global wealth management committee, said. “He [Yee] has steered the business through a period of strategic transformation and strengthened client trust across key markets, and his close rapport with colleagues and dedication to the Southeast Asia franchise has left a lasting legacy.”

Ho and Yang will continue to be based in Singapore and report to Lee.

Ho joined the bank as group head, Southeast Asia, in August 2022, later taking on the job of market head for Thailand, Japan and Asia Switzerland in January last year – a role which she will be retaining. Ho, who was the market head for Thailand and Indochina at Bank of Singapore before joining Julius Baer, previously worked with UBS and the Monetary Authority of Singapore. 

Yang joined the Swiss bank as group head for Southeast Asia in July 2022, having previously led the Singapore and Indonesia markets at UBS for 14 years. Prior to that, she was with American Express Bank, DBS Bank and Standard Chartered Bank.