The Geneva-based wealth and asset manager is appointing Geoffroy Vermeire to lead its private client office in Belgium, effective January, it said in an emailed statement Tuesday.

Vermeire joins Lombard Odier from the Belgian asset manager Van Lanschot Kempen where he held the position of chief commercial officer and was a member of the management committee.

Prior to this, he worked as an executive director at Petercam Group, responsible for developing its private banking business.

Growth Push

«We are convinced that Geoffroy will continue to drive growth, positively develop our activities and bring outstanding value to our Belgian clients and teams alike,» CEO Lombard Odier (Europe) Stephane Herrmann, said in the statement.

Belgium is one of Lombard Odier’s strategic markets. The private bank has been active there since 2004.