UBS has hired Alun Branigan to head its corporate advisory group in Singapore as the Swiss bank continues to build its wealth management business in Asia, especially in its ultra-high-net-worth team.
Branigan, who reports to LH Koh and Daniel Harel, brings experience spanning 20 years across both investment banking and principal investment. He was most recently heading a consultancy business he set up. Before that he was one of the founding partners of Actis, a private-equity fund that specialises in investments in emerging markets. He was also earlier the head of investment banking for Asia ex-Japan at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.
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