Edmond de Rothschild increases its presence in the Middle East

The Edmond de Rothschild Group is pleased to welcome Saman Habibian and Manuel Sturm to the Group, with the aim of growing Private Banking activities in the Middle East. Edmond de Rothschild Private Banking has cultivated solid relationships throughout the Middle East over the past ten years. Recruiting well-known professionals is part of the group’s development strategy, which aims to significantly grow its presence and client base in the MEA region. 

To do so, the Group will focus on the quality of its services and its principled investment offer that reflects the needs of clients in the region with notably a very significant range of investments in Private Equity and Real Estate.

Saman Habibian was Head of Middle East at Bank Pictet in Zurich. Prior to joining Bank Pictet in 2019, Saman worked for Bank Julius Baer from 2010, notably as Head of GCC International, then successively as CEO Julius Baer Bahrain and Deputy Global Head Middle East & Africa.

Manuel Sturm was Chief of Staff for the Middle East and Africa region at Bank Pictet in Zurich. Prior to that, he was Head of the Business Management of Region Emerging Markets team at Bank Julius Baer.