The Swiss banker parted ways with the private bank earlier this year after serving nearly 20 years at Julius Baer where his last role was Apac head of structured products advisory & solutions.

Roger Meier (pictured) has today (11 April) joined Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) as managing director, head of sales & client trading for Asia. In this newly-created role within the treasury & trading department, Meier will be based in Singapore and report to Dimitri Platonoff (right) , managing director, Apac head of treasury & trading who also sits on the UBP Asia executive committee. He will be responsible for the strategic development of client-related trading proposition