Citi names new leadership team for Asia-Pacific corporate bank
- Kaleem Rizvi will head Asia-Pacific corporate banking after leading investment bank for parts of South and Central America
- Christie Chang, Citibank Taiwan president, appointed chairwoman for Asia-Pacific corporate bank
Citigroup named the new leadership team for its corporate banking business in the Asia-Pacific region on Monday, following the promotion of the former regional head of the unit in February.
Kaleem Rizvi, who currently heads the corporate and investment bank in parts of South America, Central America and the Caribbean, will serve as Asia-Pacific head of corporate banking and relocate to Hong Kong from Bogota.
He replaces Gerry Keefe, who snagged the top global role in treasury and trade solutions corporate and public sector sales in February. Keefe had led the American bank’s corporate banking business in Asia since 2016.
At the same time, Christie Chang will take the new role of Asia-Pacific corporate banking chairwoman, in addition to her existing position as head of Taiwan banking, capital markets and advisory and president of Citibank Taiwan.
“We look forward to this new leadership building further on the strong relationships we have across the region with corporates, financials and public sector clients,” Jan Metzger, Asia-Pacific head of banking, capital markets and advisory, said in a statement.