Citi announced the appointment of John McLean as head of equity capital markets (ECM) and global asset managers (GAM) for Australia and New Zealand. McLean is currently head of GAM, Citi’s Financial Sponsors business in Asia Pacific. In this role, McLean is responsible for managing a regional team advising global alternative asset manager and sovereign wealth fund clients. In addition to his financial sponsors expertise, McLean has over two decades of experience in equity capital markets. McLean will relocate from Singapore to Sydney. He joined Citi in Sydney in 2001 and has over two decades of ECM experience working with clients across Australia and New Zealand, including leading the local capital markets origination team from 2010 to 2021. Commenting on the appointment, Mark Woodruff, CEO for Citi Australia said, “John’s experience in Asia leading the global asset managers business combined with his prior experience leading the ECM business in Australia, makes him the ideal person to lead our growth plans in these areas into the future.” McLean said, “I am excited to be returning to Australia to lead the ECM and GAM businesses. There is significant opportunity in both private capital markets and ECM across Australia and New Zealand and I look forward to growing the team and delivering for our clients”. Recent deal experience for John McLean: Green Tea $156 million HKSE initial public offering (IPO) Hexaware $ 1.0 billion Bombay Stock Exchange IPO Dulwich College International, $600 million private sale Temasek SGD 400 million ($311 million) partial divestment of Singapore Airlines stake EQT $200 million divestment of Shinsei Bank stake Vistra bond issuance and corporate debt Nord Anglia bond issuance and corporate debt Redisseminated by The Asian Banker
