Citi Australia and New Zealand make key appointments in markets unit

Citi Australia and New Zealand’s markets business has made several appointments across markets sales, asset-backed securitisation financing, G10 rates trading, corporate access, FX and equities electronic execution, according to a September 3 announcement from the bank. 

Dan Birch has joined Citi as head of markets sales, New Zealand responsible for driving client engagement in New Zealand. Birch has been appointed as director and joins from Perennial Partners where he was the head of institutional sales. Birch started the role last month in August, according to his LinkedIn profile. 

Peter Hext recently became Citi's head of asset-backed securitisation financing for Australia and New Zealand. Hext...