EFG Private Bank has welcomed five new team members in London this month, including two at director level, thewealthnet has learned.

Marianna Pomazkova joins from UBS Wealth Management and becomes managing director and team leader for EFG PB, having started her career in New York trading bonds and derivatives for Morgan Stanley, moving to London in 2003 to trade CDS for Dresdner bank.

She later became a portfolio manager for Brevan Howard, before launching her wealth management career in 2010 at Credit Suisse and most recently UBS. She is fluent in Russian, Italian, French and Spanish.