KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): Citi Private Bank has appointed Timothy Morse (pictured) as global market manager for Thailand, Malaysia and Brunei with immediate effect.

Based in Singapore, Morse reports to Citi Private Bank's South Asia head Jyrki Rauhio.

In a statement today, Citi Private Bank said in his new role, Morse is responsible for growing the bank's business in Thailand and Malaysia, as well as overseeing client strategy in Brunei.

"He will lead and manage the respective country teams of private wealth managers to focus on deepening existing relationships with the bank's ultra high net worth (UHNW) clients in these markets, and identifying potential new prospects and developing them to become clients of the bank," it added.

Within Citi, Morse is tasked to strengthen the private bank's integration and collaboration with other business units of the bank across the region on the origination of investment opportunities for the UHNW clients to further enhance Citi's global investment offerings.

Prior to his latest appointment, Morse was a team leader for the Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia markets at JP Morgan Private Bank, where he had worked since 2011. He was also head of onshore investment advisory for Asia and head of offshore for Australia with Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management before that, dual roles which he undertook for more than four years when he was with the bank.