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Citi Adds Art Expert and New US Private Client Bankers

Matthew Smith New York August 14, 2007

 Citi Adds Art Expert and New US Private Client Bankers

Citigroup Global Wealth Management has appointed a senior art advisor to its Family Office Art Advisory Service unit in New York as well as appointed three private bankers in Seattle and one senior professional in Los Angeles – according to a report in the US financial press.

Citi appointed Jonathan Binstock, former curator of contemporary art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, as arts advisor for its nine-person niche Family Office Art Advisory Service unit based in New York, according to a report in Institutional Investor.

Reporting to Mary Hoeveler, head of the Art Advisory division, Mr Binstock will work with Citi Family Office clients with more than $25 million in assets.

Citi also added three private bankers in Seattle and one senior professional in Los Angeles, according to the report.

Pankaj Nath, former Bank of America client manager in the business banking group, and Carolyn Stewart, former Wells Fargo private banker, joined Citi as vice presidents based in Seattle.

Former Merrill Lynch Private Client business manager based in New York, Joanna Morgan, joined the Citi private banking team, also in Seattle.

Francis Greco, former director and senior investment banker with Credit Suisse in Chicago, was appointed director and private banker in Los Angeles.

The Seattle trio report to Aya Hamilton, Pacific Northwest region head, while Mr Greco reports to Hale Behzadi, global market manager for Southern California.

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