Grace Barki joins Sarasin as Head of Southeast Asia

Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd has named Grace Barki as a Vice Chairman and Head of Southeast Asia at its Singapore subsidiary,  Bank Sarasin-Rabo (Asia) Limited.   Barki reports directly to Enid Yip, Chief Executive Officer, Asia.   With almost 25 years’ experience Barki is a highly respected banker.   She joined Sarasin from UBS, where she had been managing the Indonesia and Philippines markets.

With almost 25 years’ experience Barki is a veteran banker.   She joined Sarasin from UBS, where she had been managing the Indonesia and Philippines markets.   In her most recent role at UBS, she was responsible for managing over 200 staff, including more than 100 relationship managers.  Grace joined UBS in 2004, and was named Indonesia Team Head in 2007.  She became deputy Regional Market Manager for both Indonesia and Australia in 2008, and, in early 2009, deputy Regional Market Manager for Indonesia and the Philippines.  

Biography

Grace Barki is an Indonesian citizen who resides in Singapore. Prior to joining UBS, which she joined in 2004, Barki worked for Citigroup Private Bank.  She began her career with Citibank NA in Singapore and Jakarta in 1985, joining the executive development program.  Barki became a Relationship Manager in the Trading Unit and, in 1994, Head of the Corporate Finance and Local Corporate Group.  She was promoted to Corporate Bank Head in 1996, and joined the Regional Risk Division in Singapore in 1998.  In 2002 Barki returned to Jakarta and joined Citigroup Private Bank as Country Manager Indonesia.  She was named Acquisition Team Head for the Private Bank in Indonesia in 2004.  Later that year she joined UBS.

Barki has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma and speaks English, Bahasa Indonesia, Mandarin, and the Sundanese and Javanese dialects.