Wrise has promoted Pushkin Kapoor to Chief Executive Officer of its Middle East wealth management business, filling a seat that has been vacant since June.
Kapoor was previously Deputy Chief Executive and has been with the firm for four years. Before joining Wrise he spent close to a decade at Credit Suisse. In the new role he is charged with expanding the firm's footprint and capabilities for clients across the United Arab Emirates and the wider Middle East.
Kapoor has been with the firm for four years and was appointed Deputy Chief Executive of the business in November 2025, alongside his role as Senior Client Partner. He brings more than 23 years in investment banking and wealth management, with previous roles at Credit Suisse, Société Générale and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He advises sovereign wealth funds, ultra-high-net-worth family offices and financial institutions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
He succeeds Dhruba Jyoti Sengupta, who left Wrise in June after just over two and a half years in the role. Arif Sayed, a Director of Wrise Middle East, had been covering Sengupta's duties as interim Chief Executive.
In a LinkedIn post dated 5 November, Wrise said: "The Middle East remains a key strategic market, and this appointment reflects our long-term commitment to the region," adding that its Dubai-based business has been recording double-digit year on year revenue growth.
Separately, Sayed will chair the risk and compliance committee and the remuneration committee. He joined the board in September 2024 and was previously head of human resources at the Dubai Financial Services Authority.
Wrise Group Holdings is headquartered in Singapore and serves ultra-high and high net worth clients across Asia and the Middle East, with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Tokyo and Taipei. Its Middle East entity, Wrise Wealth Management Middle East Limited, operates from the Dubai International Financial Centre and is regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority. Group entities in Singapore and Hong Kong are regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Securities and Futures Commission respectively. The group is led by Derrick Tan as Group Chief Executive Officer.
