Citi has appointed So-Yon Sohn as head of investments Asia Pacific for its private bank, effective from 23 September 2013, according to FinanceAsia.
In her new role, Sohn will be based in Hong Kong and will be responsible for all investments in the region for Citi Private Bank (CPB), including capital markets, managed investments, product management and strategy.
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Sohn will report to Eduardo Martinez Campos, head of investments for CPB, and Bassam Salem, chief executive of CPB Asia.
Sohn was most recently head of credit sales and fixed-income sales Asia-Pacific. In this role she was responsible for the distribution of all flow credit products in Asia (ex Japan), including cash and derivatives. She will continue in this role until a replacement is found.
Earlier to this, she was head of credit sector specialists.
Her new role has been filled on a temporary basis since March by Malay Ghatak, who took the reins following the departure of Debashish Dutta Gupta, who was promoted to Global Market Manager for India.
Ghatak will continue to head CPB global investment product management.
CPB provides wealth management services through a network of more than 60 offices in 23 countries, including Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York and Singapore.
