She left Swiss bank Julius Baer last November, as finews.asia revealed. Now she is joining EFG International as the new deputy head of the Asia Pacific region, effective this month.

To further strengthen its senior management team, EFG International appointed Angela Bow as the new deputy head of the Asia Pacific region, effective June 1st, 2019.

Following the recent acquisition of a majority stake in the Australian financial services provider Shaw and Partners, EFG is further demonstrating its commitment to grow its business in the Asia Pacific region by appointing a veteran private banker based in Hong Kong, the bank said in a media release on Monday.

Increasing Market Penetration

In her new role, Bow will work together with the existing management team to drive EFG’s growth ambitions for the private banking business in Asia Pacific with a focus on further enhancing the overall client experience in investment solutions and wealth solutions, and increasing EFG’s market penetration in dynamic key markets.

She will report to Albert Chiu, head of the Asia Pacific region, and will work closely with the CEOs, the heads of private banking and the investment solutions teams at EFG in Hong Kong and Singapore. She will become a member of the Asia Pacific business committee.

Almost 20 Years With UBS

Bow is joining EFG from Bank Julius Baer, where her last position was as managing director and head of Japan, emerging Asia and intermediaries from May 2016 to November 2018. Prior to that, she was deputy head of Japan and emerging Asia in addition to her role as market group head of Philippines at Credit Suisse from 2011 to 2016.

She worked for more than 18 years at UBS wealth management as a UHNW banker and held various managerial positions in New York, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Earlier, she also worked as an investment counsellor at Citibank Private Bank in Geneva.

A Swiss Citizen

She is a Swiss and American citizen and a graduate of Barnard College at Columbia University with a degree in political economy.

«I am convinced that she will make a significant contribution to sustainably growing and developing our business in Asia, which is a strategic growth region for EFG,» Albert Chiu, head of the Asia Pacific region at EFG International, said.