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Indosuez veteran Omar Shokur rises to APAC region CEO

Indosuez Wealth Management has appointed Omar Shokur as Chief Executive Officer Asia, and Branch Manager of the firm's Singapore office.

Omar Shokur has been appointed Chief Executive Officer Asia and Branch Manager of Indosuez Wealth Management in Singapore with effect from 1 July 2019, subject to approval from relevant authorities.

Deroche commented on Shokur's appointment by saying, “Omar has a large set of skills in business development, investments products and management that will allow us to strengthen our expansion in the region, leveraging the solid relationship we have built with our clientele. He will meet the challenges of a highly competitive market.”

Shokur began his career with Crédit Agricole Private Banking Services in 2001, rising through various positions. Since 2017, he had been Head of Markets, Investment & Structuring teams for Indosuez in Switzerland and Asia and as such joined the Executive Committee of CA Indosuez (Switzerland) SA. Shokur holds a master’s in mathematics from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), obtained in collaboration with MIT. He also holds an MBA from the IMD business school in Lausanne.

Indosuez Wealth Management is the global Wealth Management brand of Crédit Agricole group, the world’s 13th largest bank. Renowned for its combination of a human scale and a truly international reach, Indosuez Wealth Management has 3,150 employees in 14 countries around the world, including offices in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas. With €122.8 billion in AuM, the Indosuez Wealth Management group is one of the global leaders in Wealth Management.