The French banking group's private banking arm has announced three senior promotions in Switzerland.

Societe Generale Private Banking (Suisse) has welcomed Olivier Lecler, Julien Duniague and Nicole Favre to its executive committee.

Lecler, who was previously deputy chief executive of Societe Generale Bank & Trust in Luxembourg, became deputy chief executive of the Societe Generale Private Banking (Suisse) in September. Duniague was appointed head of sales and marketing of the Swiss business at the end of 2014, previously served as deputy head of sales and marketing. Lastly, Favre was appointed chief operating officer in June this year, having previously been deputy chief operating officer.

Societe Generale said the appointments come as part of its strategy to boost the quality of services offered by the private bank as well as develop further synergies within the group as a whole. The executive committee of the Swiss arm, which is led by chief executive, Yves Thieffry, also includes Antoine Blouin, head of wealth management solutions.

Societe Generale Private Banking, which operates across 14 countries, had €116.5 billion ($176 billion) of assets under management as of the end of June.