The bank’s Swiss arm is enlisting the services of a 37-year veteran of Swiss heavyweight UBS.
Saxo Bank is adding Claudius Sutter to its board of directors, it said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. Sutter takes over for Tino Gaberthuel, who is not standing for reelection.
The move is noteworthy because Sutter spent 37 years at UBS’ private bank, including several helping develop Smartwealth, a digital wealth manager the Swiss bank launched in the U.K., then abandoned three years ago.
Saxo’s Swiss bank is overseen by Andreas Amschwand, also a veteran of UBS. The Swiss banker ran UBS’ foreign exchange operations for nearly 25 years, before leaving for a board seat at Julius Baer and later the chair of Seba, along with Sygnum one of Switzerland’s first crypto banks.