SG Private Banking has hired Pierre Baer as an executive director and member of the Asia Executive Committee. He will be responsible for developing SG's strategy for getting European assets into Asia.
Baer has long been one of the highest profile private bankers in the region, having previously lead Credit Suisse Private Banking's Southeast Asian business in Singapore. His new position will also be in Singapore.
While at Credit Suisse, Baer ran the initiative to establish a global booking centre in the Singapore, building a business of over 200 people in the bank's impressive Raffles Link offices. He left the bank earlier this year.
The move comes at...