Citi Names Banking Veteran Aveline San as Hong Kong and Macau Chief Executive

Fazzaco learned that Citigroup announced on Wednesday that it has named Aveline San as its chief executive of Hong Kong and Macau businesses.

Aveline, an industry veteran with has 25 years experience in banking, joined Citi in 2019 as its Chief Compliance Officer for Asia Pacific. She replaced Angel Ng, who was appointed Asia head of Citi Global Wealth in April.

Before joining Citi, Aveline spent over 14 years in UBS where she was responsible for leading the group's compliance and operational risk control affairs in the APAC regions from 2005 to 2019.

According to the bank, Aveline will report to its head of north and east Asia cluster Tim Monger.

Aveline graduated from UNSW Sydney with the Bachelor of Laws.

"I am excited and honoured to have been appointed CEO of Citi Hong Kong and Macau. It was lovely to be able to meet so many of you at the townhall with Angel Ng - thank you for the warm welcome. I can't wait to work alongside such a fantastic and talented team!" said Aveline, "Thank you Angel for your wonderful leadership of Citi HK & Macau in the past four years. Looking forward to continuing our close partnership in your Asia Citi Global Wealth role."

Citi witnessed strong financial performance in Q2 2022​, with its institutional clients group revenues jumping 20% on a yearly basis.