Citi continues to hire for its Asia global bank

Citi announced yesterday that it has appointed Matthew Mrozinski as head of real estate banking for Asia. Mrozinski will be based in Hong Kong and responsible for origination, execution and coordination of the global products platform for the firm's real estate clients.

Mrozinski has extensive experience in the region, having been part of Deutsche Bank's Asia (ex-Japan) real estate business since 2006 where he contributed to building and managing a team of 10. His last role at the firm was as head of the team.

While at Deutsche, he was involved in several key transactions, including Wynn Macau's $1.6 billion IPO, Greentown China's $400 million high-yield bond tender and the $838 million acquisition of 20% of Galaxy Entertainment by Permira Partners.

He previously held roles with Colony Capital Asia, J.P. Morgan Securities and TD Securities (USA).

For Citi, this is a new position. Previously, real estate coverage within its global banking division was handled by the country coverage teams across the region.

"We are excited to welcome Matthew to Citi and look forward to his leadership and further build out of this important and fast-growing sector for Citi in Asia-Pacific," Farhan Faruqui, Citi's head of global banking for Asia, said in an internal memo.