DBS Private Bank has appointed Jeremy Parlons as the UK market wealth management head.

Parlons will be heading up a new wealth management office, based in London, which will serve ultra high net worth (UHNW) clients and family offices who are looking for oppoprtunities Asia for their business and investment needs.

“Our expansion into UK makes us an attractive option for clients who are looking at Asia as an investment destination,” says Tan Su Shan, group head of consumer banking & wealth management, DBS Bank.

Parlons specializes in managing wealth for the UHNW community and brings with him close to two decades of banking experience, offering both traditional services and bespoke solutions to many prominent individuals, family offices and investment boutiques.

He has spent the last four years building RBC Wealth Management London’s exposure to UHNW and Family Office clients as well as working on several cross-banking client transactions and collaboration committees. Prior to this he spent nine years with Credit Suisse Private Banking (London). Parlons started his banking career in the private client division of Morgan Stanley, London.