Rohit Walia set up Bank Sarasin-Alpen and Alpen Capital in 2005 at the Dubai International Financial Centre. He expanded the operations of both organizations to Doha and Muscat in 2008 and Mumbai and New Delhi in 2009.
He has also set up two asset management companies — Alpen Partners and Sarasin Alpen & Partners Limited in the last five years. Armed with over 25 years of international banking experience in the Middle East and Asia, his last assignment was with Mashreq for more than twelve years. He has also worked with American Express and Bank of America.
The Sarasin Group is now represented in more than 20 locations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. As of 30 June 2011 it managed total client assets of $112bn.