HSBC Private Bank Appoints Leadership For Family Offices, US Private Bank

Editorial Staff

9 September 2026

The private banking arm of HSBC has made two senior appointments from Citi Private Bank, covering the areas of ultra-high net worth and family office clients.

Hannes Hofmann will join as global head of family offices in a newly-created role, based in London. He will be responsible for overseeing HSBCs global family office proposition.

Hofmann has more than 25 years’ experience in global private banking. He was most recently global head of family office group at Citi Private Bank, a move that reunites him with Ida Liu, CEO of HSBC Private Bank and a former head of private banking at Citi. Before Citi, Hofmann worked at J P Morgan Private Bank for 20 years, with periods in New York, Hong Kong and London.

Cayman Wills will join HSBC Private Bank as head of the US private banking business on September 22. She will be based in New York.

Wills has over 20 years’ experience in global wealth management. At Citi Private Bank, she was head of the Northeast region, leading a large team of relationship managers and investment specialists serving HNW and UHNW clients. Before that, she worked at JP Morgan for 18 years in various leadership roles.

Both of the new hires report to Liu. Wills also has an entity reporting line to Racquel Oden, head of international wealth and premier banking and private banking in the US.