Part of the new team head's remit will be to provide bespoke and innovative advisory services to meet the sophisticated needs of the North Asia ultra-high net worth segment.

Union Bancaire Privée has appointed Andrew Chin as team head, North Asia.

Based in Hong Kong, Chin reports to Ivan Wong, region head North Asia and chief executive Hong Kong. In this role, Chin will lead a team of relationship managers to strengthen the bank’s North Asia client coverage and provide bespoke and innovative advisory services to meet the sophisticated needs of the North Asia ultra-high net worth segment.

Chin was most recently desk head - UHNW Hong Kong at HSBC Global Private Banking, where he managed a team of senior relationship managers and worked closely with institutional family offices in Asia. Prior to that, he was head of investment counselling, also at HSBC Global Private Banking, covering Hong Kong, the Philippines and international markets. Chin has also served in senior roles at the Corporate Treasury Solutions team, HSBC Global Markets.

UBP, which is based in Geneva and employs 1,960 people in more than 20 locations worldwide, specialises in wealth management for both private and institutional clients. The bank holds SFr140.4 billion ($156.2 billion) in assets under management (as at 31 December 2022).