People Moves
Geneva-Based SYZ Appoints New Head Of Wealth Management
The new head of wealth management will replace the outgoing head, who is retiring after ten years with the firm.
Swiss banking group SYZ has appointed Silvan Wyss
as the new head of wealth management. Wyss replaces Fabian
Dufresne, who is retiring after ten years with the group.
He joins the firm from Credit Suisse, SYZ said yesterday in a
statement.
Wyss will be responsible for growing the Swiss market and
implementing the private banking expansion strategy, especially
in Latin America and Africa, where SYZ recently began
operations following its acquisition of the Swiss subsidiary of
the Royal Bank of Canada.
"Silvan Wyss' experience in Latin American markets and his
exhaustive knowledge of private banking will be essential to the
development of our business in these countries where wealth
creation and the entrepreneurial spirit are booming," said Eric
Syz, chief executive.
WealthBriefing reported in January 2017, that
SYZ Group had closed its asset management office in Hong Kong
at the end of last year.
