Crédit Agricole Private Banking is reinforcing its management team at Crédit Agricole Suisse with the appointments of Patrick Ramsey as head of the private client division;  Hans Diederen as chief executive for private banking in Asia and Youssef Dib as head of ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWI) at the private client division.

 

Reporting to Hervé Catala, CEO of Crédit Agricole Suisse, Ramsey will be responsible for the management and oversight of all the private banking client teams based in Switzerland and at the bank’s international offices (Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore). He will be responsible for developing the high-growth regions of Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Latin America. He will also be tasked with building the bank’s operations across Switzerland, as well as sit on the executive committee of Crédit Agricole Suisse.

 

Ramsey has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial sector. In 2010, he was CEO of Barclays Bank (Switzerland) SA, head of wealth management, Switzerland, and country manager for the Barclays Group in Switzerland. Prior to those positions, he was chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch Bank (Switzerland), where he had previously run the UHNWI department, as well as the private banking teams for Latin America and Europe. Earlier, he held various positions in management of institutional mandates at the Darier Hentsch Group in Switzerland and internationally.

 

Ramsey holds a BA (Hons) in business administration from Lausanne University. He started his career in asset management in Geneva in 1992.

 

Based in Singapore, Diederen will be in charge of managing and overseeing the development of the wealth management business of Crédit Agricole Suisse in Asia. He will reinforce the existing management team and will work closely with the heads of the offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, reporting to Ramsey.

 

Before joining Crédit Agricole Suisse, Diederen was head of Southeast Asia wealth management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Singapore and, prior to that, CEO private banking Asia and country executive for ABN AMRO in Hong Kong (2009 - 2010) and Singapore (2011).

 

Diederen holds a master’s in commerce and business administration from Rotterdam University.

 

As head of UHNWI at the private client division, Dib will be tasked with accelerating the structuring of the segment. His new responsibilities will include contributing to strategy development for key clients and overseeing commercial relationships.

 

Dib is a graduate of des Hautes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris.