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Julius Baer names south-east Asia head

Date: 08 Mar 2010

The firm has appointed David Lim as private banking head for south-east Asia. He succeeds Wilfred Kofmehl, who steps down to focus on key client relationships. Asiamoney.com interviews regional CEO Thomas Meier on the move and the bank's growth plans.

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Bank Julius Baer has promoted David Lim to private banking head for south-east Asia, based in Singapore.

Lim was the firm’s deputy chief executive of Singapore and head of investment finance, having joined the bank at the start of its Asian build-out in 2006.

He succeeds Wilfred Kofmehl, who has stepped down to focus on key client relationships, the bank said in a statement.

In an interview, Thomas Meier, Julius Baer’s chief executive for Asia and the Middle East, told asiamoney.com: “David has been with us since the beginning in Asia. He was one of the pioneers, so to speak, back in 2006 when we started to build the business [in Asia] and assemble the team we need.”

As head of investment finance, Lim looked at “quasi...

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