Bank J Safra Sarasin has made another senior hire in Singapore, this publication can reveal.

This article originally ran late on Friday last week

Following on from the announcement earlier last week of the appointment of Harpreet Singh from Bank of Singapore, Bank J Safra Sarasin, the Switzerland-headquartered bank, has confirmed to WealthBriefingAsia that it has brought in another senior hire, in this case from DBS.

Samai Natarajanhas joins as an executive director to cover Southeast Asian markets, reporting to Tan How Seng, who is market head for Indonesia.

Previously, Natarajanhas was a senior vice president at DBS, having joined the bank as result of the takeover of Societe Generale Private Banking in 2014. He had been at the French bank since 2010.

Earlier this week, this publication reported that Bank J Safra Sarasin hired Singh into its non-resident Indian team in Singapore. Singh, who was previously a team head at Bank of Singapore for six years, joins as an executive director, reporting to Hena Hoda, managing director and team head for Southeast Asia. Singh previously worked with Hoda at Bank of Singapore.

In April this year, the bank appointed Benedikt Maissen as chief executive of its Singapore branch. At the start of March, the bank appointed former senior ABN AMRO private banker Feroze Sukh as managing director, client advisory. Sukh manages a team of six, three of whom have already joined the bank, covering the non-resident Indian and international markets. He reports to Yelandur Nagendra, deputy chief executive, Asia, and is based at the firm’s Hong Kong branch.