Gender parity: Citigroup hires three women as MDs for markets biz in Asia

Citigroup has created hard targets for raising the percentages of women and African Americans in management positions by 2021

Citigroup Inc. hired three women as managing directors for its markets business in Asia, part of its push for gender parity at the division.

The US bank appointed Laura Atherley from Nomura Holdings Inc. for its markets relationship management unit, and Julie Kerr, who was previously at Ernst & Young, was named Asia-Pacific head of custody and fund services, according to two memos obtained by Bloomberg. The third will be hired as early as next week, said James Griffiths, a Hong Kong-based Citigroup spokesman. He confirmed the contents of both memos and declined to share the name of the third appointment.

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