Citi beefs up acquisition and loans teams

Citi has made two internal appointments and one external hire for its Asia-Pacific acquisition and loans teams which are part of its capital markets origination (CMO) unit, according to an announcement.

Najeeb Haider will take up a key role as managing director in Citi's acquisition finance team, while Prosenjit Saha has been named as a director of loan syndicate and sales for South Asia covering Thailand, Malaysia and India. Meanwhile, the bank has hired Cecilia Noronha from BNP Paribas as director of loan syndicate and sales for North Asia. All three are based in Hong Kong.

Haider, who was previously responsible for infrastructure and energy finance for Asia-Pacific, will focus on strengthening and building out Citi's acquisition finance platform in Asia.  He has been with Citi since 1995 and has more than 19 years of experience in project and corporate finance, along with credit and structuring.