Citi names new head of ECM and GAM for Australia and New Zealand

Citi has promoted John McLean to go of fairness capital markets (ECM) and world asset managers (GAM) for Australia and New Zealand following greater than 20 years on the company.  

The appointment will see McLean relocating to Sydney from his present base in Singapore, the place he holds the location of head of GAM, Citi’s monetary sponsors trade in Asia Pacific.  

He brings in depth trade enjoy in ECM to the brand new position, which is able to see him main the control of a regional group to advise world selection asset supervisor and sovereign wealth fund shoppers.  

Talking about his new appointment, McLean stated: “I’m excited to be returning to Australia to guide the ECM and GAM companies.  There’s important alternative in each personal capital markets and ECM throughout Australia and New Zealand and I stay up for rising the group and turning in for our shoppers”. 

McLean to begin with joined Citi in 2001 and all through his tenure on the company has labored widely throughout ECM Australian and New Zealand shoppers. From 2010 to 2021, he additionally led Citi’s native capital markets origination group.  

Mark Woodruff, Citi Australia leader govt, stated: “[McLean’s] enjoy in Asia main the worldwide asset managers trade mixed together with his prior enjoy main the ECM trade in Australia, makes him the best individual to guide our enlargement plans in those spaces into the longer term.”  

The transfer marks an extra rent for Citi’s Australian trade, which in Might 2025 made 3 key hires, and one senior promotion to develop its providing within the area. 

The appointments integrated the hires of Andrew Bruce as director and head of low contact execution, Christian Ford as director, equities top contact execution and Nicolas Lebon as director within the company’ company answers team.  

Dan Smith used to be additionally internally promoted to take over as head of Australia, high finance within the equities trade.