Citi has named Christopher Chang as its new head of markets solutions for financial institutions for Asia South and Asia North. 
Chang will assume his role in July, and will be based out of Singapore, where he will contribute to driving forward the firm’s strategy to provide hedging, financing and investment solutions for Citi’s financial institutions clients across markets.
The move will see him reporting to head of markets sales for Japan, Asia North and Australia and Asia South, Cecile Gambardella, who said: “He [Chang] will work closely with our product partners and across banking, wealth and international to bridge the best of Citi’s capabilities and deliver value to both our clients and Citi.”
He will also matrix report to Sue Lee, head of markets for Asia South.
Chang joins from Goldman Sachs, where he served as head of FICC and equity distribution for Southeast Asia and been a board member of Goldman Sachs Singapore for more than 10 years.
He also brings more than 28 years of experience covering markets and debt capital markets (DCM) to his new role. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he held various senior banking, solutions and sales roles at Deutsche Bank and Nomura.
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The new role comes following a string of Citi hires in the past year. In October, the firm expanded its Asia FX markets team with hires from JP Morgan. Anand Goyal was appointed head of FX institutional sales for Japan, Asia North, Australia and Asia South, while Hooi Wan Ng was named head of markets for Malaysia.