(2 September 2024 – Australia) Citi Australia and New Zealand Markets business has expanded its team with seven appointments across markets sales, asset-backed securitisation and financing, G10 rates trading, corporate access, FX and equities electronic execution.
The bank said the appointments follow “strong performance” from the markets team, which has seen double digit year on year revenue growth.
Dan Birch joins Citi as head of markets sales, New Zealand responsible for driving client engagement in New Zealand.
Birch joins from Perennial Partners where he was head of institutional sales.
Peter Hext has moved to head of asset-backed securitisation and financing for Australia and New Zealand. Hext is a director and has been with Citi for more than 13 years, most recently as the head of commercial asset-backed securitisation in New York.
Ankit Khandelwal has joined the G10 rates trading team. Khandelwal joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he held several trading and risk roles.
Melanie Vandervord joins the access strategies team covering Australia and New Zealand. Vandervord brings more than 20 years’ experience in corporate access from her time at Goldman Sachs and most recently as corporate access specialist at MST Financial.
Citi has also expanded its corporate FX sales team with two appointments and has added a new sales trader to the equities electronic execution team.
Cristina Chang, Citi Australia and New Zealand head of markets said: “The Australia and New Zealand Markets business is experiencing material growth, and these recent appointments will strengthen our ability to deliver increased value to our clients.”