The private bank has hired another Credit Suisse alumnus, Torsten Linke, as Southeast Asia head. Sources say his predecessor, David Lim, has been sidelined and tip further staff changes.
The Swiss private bank has hired Jimmy Lee from Credit Suisse to be its new Asia-Pacific CEO. This has been predicted to create tensions within the firm after two of Julius Baer's regional chiefs were passed over.
Julius Baer names new Asia chief; StanChart hires discretionary director; La Trobe boosts distribution sales team; Axa RE IM opens Seoul office; Eversheds hires partner for PE; and White & Case moves to Korea.
The firm hires Song Kun from Merrill Lynch as senior client partner and adds Jimmy Lee and Lee Chin Lit from Clariden Leu, while reorganising its internal structure to retain talent.