The appointee has worked at UBS and Credit Suisse, among other institutions, with a focus on areas such as intermediaries and EAMs.

Deutsche Bank has appointed former UBS/Credit Suisse senior figure Hugo van Kattendijke as head of external managers for the private bank emerging markets business. The appointment takes effect from 19 August.

Based in Singapore and reporting to Marco Pagliara, who is head of the private bank’s emerging markets head, van Kattendijke brings more than 20 years’ experience in financial services and direct management experience with EAMs. He has worked with institutional asset managers in Asia Pacific since 2004.

“With his experience and understanding of this important market segment, Hugo will play an instrumental role in refining our EAM strategy and sharpening our network of providers,” Pagliara said. 

At UBS/Credit Suisse, van Kattendijke was head of external asset managers APAC. Before joining Credit Suisse in 2022, he worked for more than 10 years at UBS; from 2015 to 2018 he was head of asset servicing APAC and from 2018 to 2022 he was head of financial intermediaries APAC. He joined UBS in 2011 from Vontobel banking group’s Harcourt Investment Consulting arm, where he was executive director, head of APAC.

Van Kattendijke holds an MBA from INSEAD, and an MSc in econometrics from Erasmus University, Rotterdam.