Citi announced yesterday that it has appointed Alasdair Morrison as senior advisor in Asia.
In this newly created role, Morrison, a former group managing director of Jardine Matheson and chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley Asia, will support the ongoing expansion of Citi's global banking franchise in the region, which is responsible for the coverage of Citi's largest institutional clients and for delivering corporate and investment banking products and advice to these clients. Morrison will also join Citi's senior strategic advisory group.
According to sources, Morrison was already out meeting clients yesterday. He is well connected among the decision-makers of Hong Kong's biggest corporations and, as one Citi insider put it, he may...