Swiss private bank Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG named Rajesh Manwani head of markets and advisory solutions for Asia, with immediate effect.

Based in Singapore, Manwani will lead the company's markets and advisory solutions teams to deliver product and service offerings. He will functionally report to head of markets, Peter Gerlach, and head of advisory solutions, Philipp Rickenbacher, and regionally to Asia-Pacific chief Jimmy Lee.

Manwani, who has more than 19 years' wealth management experience, previously worked at Credit Suisse Group AG as managing director and head of investment solutions and products for Asia-Pacific. He replaces Luigi Vignola, who was earlier appointed global head of structured products in Switzerland.

Bank Julius Baer is the principal operating company of Julius Bär Gruppe AG.