Barclays hires Adeline Chien for new private banking role

Barclays has hired Adeline Chien as a managing director to cover ultra-high-net-worth individuals in Hong Kong. She joins from EFG Bank, where she led a team responsible for servicing affluent clients in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Chien has already started her new job, which is a newly created position. Her appointment is “part of our ongoing strategy of growing Barclays’ pool of senior bankers who can be walking with our clients through the economic cycles”, said a spokesperson.

She reports to Rickie Chan, market head of Hong Kong, who joined the UK-based lender in August after 16 years at Goldman Sachs.