Citi has announced a handful of new appointments for its Australia and New Zealand markets business.
Dan Birch has joined Citi as director and head of markets sales, New Zealand, according to a statement. He was most recently working at Perennial Partners as head of institutional sales.
Peter Hext has been appointed as head of asset-backed securitization & financing for Australia and New Zealand. Hext is a director and has been with Citi for over 13 years, most recently as head of commercial asset-backed securitization in New York.
Ankit Khandelwal has joined the G10 rates trading team 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. She has over 20 years of experience in corporate access, previously working at MST Financial and Goldman Sachs.
Corporate FX Sales, Equities Electronic Execution
In addition, the US bank also welcomed two new appointments in its corporate FX sales team and a sales trader to its equities electronic execution team.
«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,» commented Cristina Chang, Citi Australia and New Zealand head of markets. «We are investing in our capabilities to ensure we have the skills and experience needed to meet our clients’ complex needs in a dynamic market environment.»
