A former senior figure at the Swiss bank has gone to an independent asset manager run out of Singapore.

Asset management firm TriLake Partners, which is headquartered in Singapore, has appointed a former Credit Suisse executive, Dr Daniel Brunner, as executive director, senior client relationship manager.

Prior to joining TriLake Partners, Dr Brunner was MD at Credit Suisse in the private banking and wealth management division, based in the Zurich head office. He has held a number of other roles in different parts of the Credit Suisse group. He has also been a board member of the Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce since 2011 and is co-chair of the Philippines chapter, according to TriLake's website.

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