Barclays Wealth has appointed Philippe Sednaoui to head up its Swiss business, reporting to Gerard Aquilina. He will join Barclays in the sp...

Barclays Wealth has appointed Philippe Sednaoui to head up its Swiss business, reporting to Gerard Aquilina. He will join Barclays in the spring.

Mr Sednaoui joins from Credit Agricole where he ran its private banking business in Brazil. His new role will be to grow and expand Barclays Wealth’s Swiss business working in coordination with the global business. He will be based in Geneva.

Prior to joining Credit Agricole, Mr Sednaoui was a principal in an emerging market investment firm, which focused primarily on Brazil and Russia. Previously, he was a senior emerging market trader at Bankers Trust and was an international banker at Citicorp.

Gerard Aquilina joined Barclays Wealth from HSBC to head up its international private banking businesses, reporting to Thomas Kalaris, chief executive, in September 2006.