John McLean

Citi has appointed John McLean as its head of equity capital markets ( ECM ) and global asset managers ( GAM ) for Australia and New Zealand.

McLean, who will relocate from Singapore to Sydney, is currently the head of GAM, Citi’s financial sponsors business in Asia-Pacific.

In this role, he is responsible for managing a regional team advising global alternative asset manager and sovereign wealth fund clients.

In addition to his financial sponsors expertise, he has over two decades of experience in equity capital markets.

His recent deal experience, the bank points out, includes:

• Green Tea US$156 million HKSE IPO
• Hexaware US$1.0 billion Bombay Stock Exchange IPO
• Dulwich College International, US$600 million private sale
• Temasek S$400 ( US$310.51 million ) partial divestment of Singapore Airlines stake
• EQT US$200 million divestment of Shinsei Bank stake
• Vistra bond issuance and corporate debt
• Nord Anglia bond issuance and corporate debt

“McLean’s experience in Asia leading the GAM business, combined with his prior experience leading the ECM business in Australia,” says Mark Woodruff, Citi Australia’s CEO, “makes him the ideal person to lead our growth plans in these areas into the future.”