Valérie Noël has left her position as head of trading at Syz Group after 20 years at the buy-side firm.
Noël departure sees her taking on a new role as chief executive at Arab Bank Switzerland, based in Abu Dhabi as the firms begins operations in the region.
Speaking on her appointment, Noël added: “By combining Arab Bank Switzerland’s established expertise with Abu Dhabi’s dynamic financial ecosystem and strong regulatory framework, we aim to build lasting relationships with clients and help them navigate new opportunities in the market.
“I am delighted to lead this next chapter of the group’s development in the region.”
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She brings more than three decades of financial markets experience to her new position, spanning wealth management, asset management, trading and digital assets.
During her tenure at Syz Group, Noël spearheaded the firm’s multi-asset trading activities, as well as the digitalisation of the bank’s trading infrastructure.
Noël initially joined Syz Group as a senior trader in 2006, before later moving up the ranks into roles as head of equity and fixed income trading and deputy head of trading.
She also briefly left the firm in 2020 to head up markets at Digital Bank, before returning to Syz Group in 2021.
Earlier in her career, Noël also spent just under a decade at HSBC in Geneva, where she initially served as a trader, before later being promoted to head of US equities trading, futures and options trading.
She also gained early industry experience as a trader at United Overseas Bank Geneva.
Syz Group and Arab Bank Switzerland had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.