Citi has appointed Jervis Smith as regional head of Client Sales Management for the Financial Institutions (FI) segment in Asia Pacific for Securities and Fund Services (SFS). Smith was most recently Global Client Executive Head for Citis SFS business based in London.
Smith will be responsible for managing sales and client coverage teams across the SFS business in 17 markets in Asia Pacific. He will report into David Russell, regional head, Asia Pacific for Securities and Fund Services and Dirk Jones, global head Financial Institutions, and will be a member of the Citi Transaction Services Asia Pacific management team.
Smith, who relocates from London, joined Citi in 1994 and has held a number of sales and relationship management roles for Financial Institutions for Citi in London and New York. Prior to joining Citi, Smith served as executive director of the Financial and General Bank Plc. based in London for eight years and was with the National Westminster Bank from 1982-1986.
Under Jervis leadership, we will be looking to expand our Securities and Fund Services across Asia Pacific and enhance our ability to create solutions that holistically address client needs across our full range of capabilities and solutions, said David Russell, regional head, Asia Pacific for Securities and Fund Services, Citi.
Smith’s successor in London will be announced shortly, said a spokeswoman for Citi.
(JDC)