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The former head of Citi’s Apac equity derivatives trading will relocate from Singapore to Hong Kong and cover Asia South, Japan, Asia North and Australia.

Tokyo-based Kishie was most recently the US bank's head of fixed income structuring for Japan.

Mangla, previously at JP Morgan for over 20 years, joins as head of financing for investment banking, from September 4.

The bank has made several appointments across markets' sales, asset-backed securitisation & financing, G10 rates trading and corporate access.

Ed Huntsman is relocating from London to Hong Kong, to become head of financing, markets for Japan, Asia North & Australia and Asia South.

David Bailey will return to Australia from his current role as head of Citi’s cross border capital markets in New York.

Cécile Gambardella, will relocate from Paris to Hong Kong, to become head of sales markets, Japan, Asia North, Australia and Asia South. Citi has also set-up a unit in Japan to serve "mid-sized companies", which Yutaka Naito will lead.

The deal, including the transfer of 300 employees and around $3.6bn of assets and deposits, was announced in October 2023 as part of a wider strategy by Citi, which has now closed sales of consumer units in nine markets.

Based in Bangkok, Nattaphan Assavavisessivakul will become Citi's head of markets, Thailand, in August.