Barclays Private Bank has appointed Evonne Tan as head of Singapore. In her new role, she will focus on building on the collaboration between the Private Bank and Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank in Singapore to bring enhanced, tailored investment propositions and provide access to the sophisticated products and solutions for ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs). She will report to James Penny, head of Asia ex-India, Private Bank.
Tan joins Barclays from UBS Singapore where she was a market team head responsible for running the UHNW Singapore business. She has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry which includes broad exposure to foreign exchange sales and trading, corporate solutions structuring, fund management and private wealth management.
Prior to UBS, she held roles at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank in various positions within global markets and wealth management.
Tan is a graduate of the National University of Singapore and holds a Masters of Wealth Management from the University of Rochester and a Masters in Finance from the University of Bern.
Jean-Christophe Gerard, chief executive officer of Barclays Private Bank, says: “Singapore serves as a strategically important location for Barclays in Asia-Pacific, especially Southeast Asia where we have a robust client base supported by our core platforms which generate regional and global business growth. By further strengthening our presence here, we see this appointment as a great opportunity for us to serve UHNWIs and family offices, connecting them to our expertise and capabilities in one of the fastest growing wealth management locations globally.”
