Yelandur Nagendra is the firm’s first deputy chief executive officer in the region.
He moves from the Bank of Singapore where he held the role of managing director, global head of India sub-continent, Middle East and Africa. In that role he oversaw a team of 105 people based in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and London.
He has also sat on the Bank of Singapore’s global management committee and held senior positions at Rabobank.
Enid Yip, J. Safra Sarasin’s chief executive officer in Asia, said: “Nagendra is an industry veteran with a superb reputation not only for client focus, but for building a business based on his ability to bring that focus to a leadership role."
J. Safra Sarasin is an international group operating in more than 25 locations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. It is a member of global private banking specialists The Saffra Group.
