Julius Baer announced Kenny Choy has joined the Swiss pure-play as team head for Greater China markets, after over four years with Deutsche Bank. Former Deutsche Bank team head Kenny Choy has moved to Julius Baer as Greater China team head, according to his LinkedIn update. Based in Hong Kong, Choy joins Julius Baer as executive director and team head for Greater China markets, effective June 2024.

He had been with Deutsche Bank for over four years, last as director and team head for China markets. Prior to that, he had been with Standard Chartered for over 17 years, with the last three in private banking as China market team head. Much of his tenure with StanChart had been in Shanghai, in corporate and commercial client coverage.

Citywire Asia reached out to Julius Baer for comment on the hire. The Swiss pure-play has been on a hiring spree, recently hiring Bowei Teo from JP Morgan to bolster its Southeast Asia team in Singapore, reporting to Jason Gan, Southeast Asia team head. Gan joined the bank from Credit Suisse last December.

It also announced Benjamin Sim as group head Greater China Singapore, effective 1 June, reporting to Yee Kim Tan, market head Greater China Singapore. Earlier this year, the bank hired Malcolm Tay as group head Southeast Asia and Mun Joo Ng as team heads for Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong, Julius Baer named Jack Wu as a group head of Greater China Hong Kong and promoted Josephine Wang to group head of Greater China Hong Kong.