Citi’s new appointees underline commitment to support client growth

Citi’s new appointees underline commitment to support client growth

Citi has announced key appointees in Asia-Pacific to support the bank's ambition to grow with clients across the sponsor and leveraged finance space.

Growing further with clients across the sponsor and leverage finance space are key global strategic priorities for Citi, part of US leading financial services corporation Citigroup.

To drive this ambition, the bank recently announced two new staff across its Asia clusters to further support client-led growth.

Vikram Chavali joins as head of Global Asset Managers (GAM) for JANA (Japan, Australia, and North Asia) and Asia South.

GAM is Citi’s coverage group for asset managers, including areas like sponsors and pension funds.

Vikram joins Citi from Goldman Sachs, where he was head of Asia ex-Japan Sponsors M&A. Vikram will join Citi later in the year and will be based out of Hong Kong.

Citi also announced the appointment of Deepak Dangayach as co-head of Debt Capital Markets for JANA and Asia South.

Deepak will join Citi later later in the year and will be based out of Hong Kong.

Deepak brings almost 20 years of experience in capital markets, having previously held senior roles at Deutsche Bank and UBS.

He was most recently the head of Sponsor Financing for Asia-Pacific at Deutsche Bank, and prior to that, led the Asia-Pacific Leveraged and Debt Capital Markets team at UBS.

Deepak also brings a strong background in private and structured credit which will support Citi’s increased focus on private and structured credit globally.

The key hires underline Citi’s investment in talent to support client-led growth in the strategically important areas of sponsor, leveraged finance and private credit. The hires also add to recent global hires across the sponsor and leveraged finance space.

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