The bank has appointed five locals to senior positions across Asia Pacific in various business groups, according to an announcement.

Chan San-San, who joined Citi in 2003, was appointed private banking high net worth head for Asia Pacific, effective July. She will continue to be based in Singapore and will join the Global Private Bank leadership team as well as the Citi Global Wealth Asia management team.

Singapore-based Kelvin Goh was appointed Asia Pacific head of financial institutions group for investment banking, effective immediately. Goh, who joined the bank in 2018, brings 17 years of experience in the field, and was most recently Citi's Asia Pacific head of insurance, investment banking.

Corporate Bank Appointments

Gary Chan, who joined Citi in 1997 and was most recently Singapore head of integrated corporate bank, has been appointed Taiwan head of integrated corporate bank, effective October 1. He will be taking over from Vivian Tan, who will be retiring from Citi after 21 years of service.

Taking over from Chan is Gilbert Ng, who will be responsible for clients belonging to the corporates, financial institutions and public sector groups, and will have oversight of the global subsidiaries group, effective immediately. Ng joined the bank in 2006 and was most recently head of global subsidiaries group, Singapore.

Toh Jian Xun was appointed as co-head of TMT, Asia Corporate Bank, effective immediately. He will continue to serve in his current role as head of TMT for China corporate bank, based in Shenzhen. He joined Citi in 2010.

Talent Pipeline

«The moves signal our commitment to develop local talent, provide opportunities for personal and professional growth across our global network, and offer our people a long-term career in the bank,» Amol Gupte, ASEAN head and Citi country officer for Singapore, said.

The appointments come on the heels of two other senior moves in Singapore: Serene Gay as the head of credit cards and personal loans for Citibank Singapore and Faye Ong as the head of family office advisory for Asia at its private bank.