Citi has scored a coup by hiring Morgan Stanley Asia veteran Willard McLane to run the bank’s Asean and financial institutions group FIG business in Asia-Pacific. He will be based in Singapore and starts in October.
McLane joins Citi after more than 15 years with Morgan Stanley for the past 14 he was based in Asia-Pacific, where he was most recently a managing director and regional head of FIG. A Citi insider said it was a major coup for the bank to lure a senior name from one its biggest investment banking rivals in Asia.
“I am delighted to welcome Will to Citi and...