Julius Baer Group are beefing up their South East Asian presence with the appointment of Wilfried Kofmehl as regional head of South East Asi...

Julius Baer Group are beefing up their South East Asian presence with the appointment of Wilfried Kofmehl as regional head of South East Asia and CEO of Singapore.

The appointment will start from September this year at the latest and Mr Kofmehl will be responsible for growing Baer’s private banking operation in the region.

Andrea Benenati, regional head of North Asia, was appointed head of the Julius Baer representative office in Hong Kong in mid-March and, since the beginning of the year, three additional representatives have been added.

Julius Baer’s Japanese team, led by Laurent Rupp, has also been expanded recently to include three relationship managers.

Julius Baer is also expanding in the Middle East with a new team of private banking specialists led by Rolf Schaerer in Dubai tasked to develop new business in the Indian subcontinent.