Citi has appointed UBS veteran Thierry Martin as senior private banker/managing director and team leader focusing on Kuwait and Qatar.

Citi in Geneva has appointed veteran UBS private banker Thierry Martin to its Middle East and North Africa team, WealthBriefing can exclusively reveal. Martin joins as senior private banker/managing director and team leader focusing on Kuwait and Qatar, Citi said.

Martin was latterly executive director and desk head for Middle and Near East at UBS Private Bank in London, this publication understands. He joined UBS in 1984 and was based at various times in both the Middle East and Switzerland.

In 2001 he joined the firm’s Risk & Compliance department in Geneva, where he became UBS's due diligence officer for the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East & African region.

In 2006 he moved to London to head up UBS's Middle and Near East desk in London and Jersey.