Hugh O’Donnell joins HIGHVERN’s Swiss office as Client Director

Private wealth, corporate administration, and family office service provider HIGHVERN has appointed the international financial services specialist, Hugh O’Donnell, as a Client Director at its Swiss office.

Building on a year of jurisdictional expansion for the group, Hugh will drive the extension of HIGHVERN’s private wealth services and family office offering and play a key role in growing its brand across Switzerland.

He joins the group with more than 25 years’ experience in private banking, wealth planning and fiduciary management, having focused on Switzerland, the Middle East, Africa, Non-Resident Indians (NRI) and the UK. Hugh has worked globally, across the Alpine region, the UK, and most recently spending 10 years in the GCC, developing an expert understanding of its regions and cultures.

Naomi Rive, Group Director and Head of Private Wealth at HIGHVERN, said: “It is great to welcome Hugh to the HIGHVERN team. We are in an exciting period of development, and I am confident that Hugh’s international expertise and mindset is going to be a valuable asset to our private wealth division as we continue to build the brand to better serve our global client base.”

Hugh said: “I am pleased to be joining HIGHVERN at such a pivotal time of international expansion and look forward to harnessing my own international experience to continue the ambition and drive already within the group. I am excited to play a key role alongside a team of exceptionally knowledgeable,  successful and well-respected professionals.”