UBP hires a new chief operating officer for Singapore from a rival private bank in the city-state.

Jérôme Thuillier joins UBP as its new Singapore COO, effective as of yesterday. Thuillier most recently with Bank of Singapore where he was a program director responsible for building an integrated wealth management tech platform. Pervasively, he had also held leadership roles with Barclay Wealth including COO of its global investment solutions arm.

Thuillier’s predecessor, Michael Moncarz, was named the Singapore COO in February 2017.

According to the release, Thuillier joins with significant experience in Asia's financial sector alongside some local language skills including «a good understanding of Mandarin and basic Japanese,» according to a release.