Julius Baer has appointed Nigel Ze as market head of Hong Kong and China in a newly created role, the Swiss bank said.

Julius Baer has appointed Nigel Sze as market head of Hong Kong and China, the Swiss bank said.

Based in Hong Kong Sze reports to Wilson So, head of greater China at the Zurich-listed firm.

Sze previously worked at Swiss private banking house EFG. Sze has also worked at Citi as head of investments for Asia-Pacific wealth management.

Last week, this publication confirmed from Julius Baer that it had appointed Anne Song as a managing director based in Hong Kong. She previously worked at Standard Chartered for four years, holding the position of senior director. It is understood she joined Zurich-listed Julius Baer around two months ago.

This publication recently reported exclusively that former Julius Baer heavyweight Roger Fluri was joining chief executive of Bank Pictet & Cie Anuj Khanna's wealth management team in Singapore.