Private market secondaries investor Coller Capital has appointed Roman Eggler as head of private wealth distribution for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Eggler was previously a managing director in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s client solutions group, with responsibility for the Switzerland Third Party Wealth business.

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Prior to that, he held roles at Deutsche Bank, Polaris Investment Advisory, EWM Global and IBM Global Business Services.

“I’m delighted to join secondaries thought leader Coller Capital and look forward to helping the firm make its multi-decade track-record of outperformance accessible to private wealth clients,” said Eggler. “With our new strategic hub in Zurich, we are uniquely positioned to meet the record demand from high-net-worth investors for private markets secondaries. Investors are rightly attracted by the increased liquidity, flexibility, and diversification of private markets secondaries and I’m excited to support them in enhancing their portfolios.”

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Eggler will be based in Zurich. He will report to Boris Maeder, who was recently appointed as head of international private wealth distribution.

“We are thrilled to welcome Roman to Coller Capital, marking another important step on our path to building the leading private markets partner for the wealth channel,” said Maeder.

“Roman brings extensive experience in the private markets space and a deep relationship network in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Roman’s expertise will be instrumental in helping our clients achieve their goals in terms of private markets exposure and diversification through Coller Capital’s unique secondaries offering.”

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