Citi has appointed Ed Huntsman as head of financing, markets, for Japan, Asia North and Australia, and Asia South, effective immediately.

In his new role, Huntsman will move from London to Hong Kong to enhance the performance and strategy of Citi’s fixed-income client financing solutions by bringing the full suite of the bank’s financing capabilities to Asia-based clients.

Huntsman joined Citi in January 2007 and was most recently the global head of financing for spread products. In this role, he significantly grew new and existing business lines across Citi’s financing products and launched multiple new financing solutions for clients. He will retain these responsibilities going forward.

“As liquidity becomes more important to our Asia-based clients for both local and international needs, we need to be able to deliver a set of products across the full liquidity spectrum,” says Paul Smith, head of markets, Japan, Asia North and Australia. “With Ed’s expertise and track record, he is well placed to develop a best-in-class financing platform that will support our Markets clients’ liquidity and collateral needs.”