UPDATE: Barclays Wealth Adds 6 Bankers To Southeast, South Asia Teams

13th Jul 2010 11:33

(Adds comment from Asia Pacific CEO.) By Sam Holmes Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Barclays Wealth, the wealth management unit of Barclays PLC (BARC.LN), said Tuesday that it has added six senior bankers to its southeast and south Asian teams based in Singapore. Soh Chye Guan, previously HSBC private bank head of senior client partner team in Singapore, joins Barclays Wealth as Singapore and Malaysia market head. Errie Maksum, formerly team leader with Credit Suisse in Indonesia, has been appointed market head for Indonesia. Barclays Wealth said it has appointed four other bankers to cover its various southeast and south Asian market. Rachel Loong, previously with Credit Suisse, will cover the Singapore market while Sisyanti Jonosisworo, formerly with PT ANZ Bank Panin, will cover Indonesia. Nilesh Thakkar and Arunabh Banerjee--both formerly from UBS--join as vice presidents of the south Asia teams. "Our footprint in Asia Pacific continues to expand as we seek to further capture growth in key markets through hiring very senior bankers," Barclays Wealth Asia Pacific Chief Executive Didier von Daeniken said in a statement. -By Sam Holmes, Dow Jones Newswires; +65-6415-4157; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 13, 2010 06:33 ET (10:33 GMT)