Citi WM head returns to UOB to lead Thailand expansion

Gidon Kessel (pictured) has been appointed as executive director, head of deposit and wealth management (WM) at UOB Thailand.  Kessel who has relocated from London to Bangkok reports to Yuttachai Teyarachakul, managing director, country head of personal financial services at UOB Thailand. He joins from Citibank where he was head of WM for UK for one year after his relocation from South Korea after the US bank closed down its retail business along with 12 other Asian markets. In Seoul, he