Senior UBS private bankers join wealth firm in Geneva

Wealth manager Azura Partners has recruited two senior private bankers from UBS, Citywire can reveal.

Tarek Sidky has been made a partner while Samir El Nawawy has joined as an executive director. Both will be based in Azura’s Geneva office and will advise ultra-high-net-worth clients. The duo worked for Credit Suisse before joining UBS when the banks merged.

Sidky has worked in the financial sector for nearly four decades, across wealth management, investment banking and corporate banking. His former employers include Citi Private Bank and American Express.