22nd November 2022 – Citi announced three senior hires in its Hong Kong Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory division, effective immediately.

Ben Ngai, Hong Kong Head of Investment Banking

Ben Ngai re-joined Citi as Managing Director, Head of Hong Kong Investment Banking. With over 26 years of banking experience spanning across a vast range of products, he joined from Standard Chartered Bank where he was most recently Managing Director in Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking, responsible for covering blue chip conglomerates, family offices and public sector clients in Hong Kong. Prior to Standard Chartered, he was Head of Hong Kong Coverage and before that Co-Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage, Investment Banking at Credit Suisse. Ben first joined Citi in 2004 and was later promoted to Director of Financial Entrepreneurs Group. He reports to Alex Schrantz, Asia Pacific Head of Corporate Finance and Hong Kong Head of Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory.

Mimi Tse, Hong Kong Head of Corporates and Public Sector Coverage

Mimi Tse joined as Director, Head of Corporates and Public Sector Coverage, Hong Kong Corporate Banking. She brings more than 15 years of client management experience, joining from HSBC where she was a senior coverage banker and team head in the Corporate Banking department. Mimi has a proven track record in managing top tier Hong Kong and China corporates, establishing extensive client network in the conglomerates, real estate, transport and logistics, TMT, and financial sponsors sectors. She originated and led numerous landmark transactions in debt, equity, and leveraged acquisition financing, M&A, in addition to significant wins in the global markets and cash management business. She reports to Joy Cheng, Hong Kong Head of Corporate Banking.

Kathy Cheung, Director, Hong Kong Corporate Banking

Kathy Cheung joined as a Director in Hong Kong Corporate Banking. She was previously Director, Corporate and Leveraged Acquisition Finance Credit at HSBC Hong Kong, responsible for structured finance coverage, Asia private equity credit portfolio, and Hong Kong large corporates coverage. Prior to that, she worked in M&A coverage in the UK. Kathy reports to Mimi Tse.