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Major Private Bank Makes Senior Hire In Singapore

Sandra Kilhof Reporter London 19 August 2013

Major Private Bank Makes Senior Hire In Singapore

Private banking firm, Bank J Safra Sarasin has hired
Jeffrey Benjamin as managing director, client advisory at its Singapore
office. Here, he will manage Asian high net worth clients with wealth management
needs, while reporting to Eric Morin, chief executive officer, Singapore branch and Southeast
Asia.

Benjamin joins Bank J Safra Sarasin from HSBC Private Bank
(Suisse), Singapore,
where he was a managing director and team head of international private wealth
from early 2011.

With almost 20 years experience in private banking, Benjamin
has worked at Investec Bank in London and Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse in
Singapore, gaining experience with specialised opportunities, wealth
management, sophisticated structured solutions across asset classes,
co-investment opportunities and proprietary structures for ultra high net worth
clients.

The hire comes within the same month of Bank J Safra
Sarasin hiring Geraldine Low Ai Ping as managing director, client advisory in Singapore
also. The wealth management firm has been making a string of senior hires after
adopting its official new name in Asia in July, following the merger between
the private banking unit of South American bank Safra Group and Switzerland's
Bank Sarasin.

 

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