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Citigroup Broadcasts Asia-Pacific Hiring Drive

Tom Burroughes

8 June 2021

in a talent battle. Goldman Sachs, for example, has flagged big hiring ambitions in the Greater China region.

“As the world’s most global bank, with broad-based expertise across investment products, we are attracting top talent to join our team. We are strongly positioned and fully committed to serving our clients’ needs,” Peter Babej, Asia-Pacific CEO for Citigroup, said.

In January, the bank said it was forming Citi Global Wealth (CGW), aligning the private bank and the consumer wealth business under the leadership of Jim O’Donnell, formerly global head of investor sales and relationship management. 

Citigroup said that in 2020, it logged more than $20 billion of net new money in its Asian wealth management business.