Citi Names APAC Corporate Banking Head

Citi names the successor to former Asia Pacific head of corporate banking Gerry Keefe, who will take on the new role in the bank. Citi appointed Kaleem Rizvi as its new APAC head of corporate banking last week, according to a statement. In his new Hong Kong-based role, Rizvi will report to Jan Metzger, APAC head of banking, capital markets and advisory, and Jason Rekate, global head of corporate banking.

Rizvi joined Citi in 1996 in its Pakistan-based offices across roles in investment banking, institutional remedial management, corporate banking and commercial banking. Since then, he’s held other roles in a covering diverse range of markets including Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and, most recently, the Americas as Citi’s Colombia-based CIB head for the Andea, Central American and Caribbean cluster.

Rizvi’s predecessor Keefe remains with the bank and will take on a new role as global head of TTS corporate and public sector sales.

The bank also named Christie Chang as its new corporate banking chairman for the region, in addition to her existing roles as head of Taiwan BCMA and president of Citibank Taiwan. Chang will provide leadership and targeted client coverage in the region. 

Chang joined Citibank in 1989 as a management associate and has since held various senior Taiwan roles. These appointments underline the importance of Asia Pacific to our global corporate banking franchise, Metzger said. 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 and the 95 percent of the ‘Fortune 500’ who bank across the region.