Barclays Wealth has made several hires in Asia to try to capture growth in Greater China and Indonesia.

Date: Jan 7, 2011

Tags: Barclays Wealth, Greater China, Indonesia

Barclays Wealth has made several hires in Asia to try to capture growth in Greater China and Indonesia.

Appointed over the past five weeks, the firm said in a statement that these director-level recruits signal its intent to focus on hiring senior bankers in the region to serve ultra high net worth (UHNW) and high net worth (HNW) individuals in key markets.

Barbara Yenson has joined Barclays Wealth as director, responsible for serving UHNW and HNW clients in Hong Kong. She was previously executive vice president at RBS Coutts in Hong Kong for the last five years, and has over 25 years of banking experience overall.

Meanwhile, Preditha Dewi and Cicilia Audrey Rei have joined Barclays Wealth as directors for the Indonesia team.

Dewi has close to 20 years of financial services experience in corporate and private banking with various financial institutions in Indonesia, including 10 years with Bank Commonwealth in Indonesia most recently. Rei has close to 15 years of wealth management experience across Singapore and Indonesia, and was most recently with Credit Suisse.

In addition, Benjamin Yeo has joined Barclays Wealth from Bank of Singapore as director and head of research, economics and strategy for Asia.