花旗CEO与COO同时辞职

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新浪财经讯 北京时间10月16日晚间消息，花旗集团(C)周二宣布，带领该行渡过2008年金融危机及之后的动荡岁月的首席执行官潘伟迪(Vikram Pandit)已经辞职，即刻生效，他还将退出花旗董事会。

　　现任欧洲、中东与非洲区CEO迈克尔-考伯特(Michael Corbat)将接替潘伟迪出任新CEO，即刻生效。

　　花旗还宣布，与潘伟迪一起辞职的还有他的长期助手，总裁兼首席运营官约翰-海文斯(John Havens)，后者还是花旗机构客户集团的CEO。

　　该行表示，新任CEO考伯特自1983年从哈佛毕业后一直在花旗集团及其前身工作。

　　潘伟迪现年55岁，他在宣布辞职的声明中表示，花旗已作为一家强大的机构从金融危机中走了出来，“现在是时候让其他人掌舵了。”

　　潘伟迪出生于印度，16岁时考入美国哥伦比亚大学，获得了4个学位。

　　2007年，潘伟迪创建的对冲基金Old Lane Parners LP被花旗收购，他由此加入花旗集团，并于同年12月迅速被提升为集团CEO。在创建自己的对冲基金之前，他曾在摩根士丹利(MS)任投行业务主管。(羽箭)

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Citigroup Turns to Veteran Hand

from WSJ

Vikram Pandit's abrupt departure from Citigroup Inc. C +0.85% shocked market observers early Tuesday. The news of who would succeed him was far less surprising.

Michael Corbat, a 30-year veteran of Citigroup and its predecessors, had widely been considered within the bank to be a top candidate to succeed Mr. Pandit as chief executive after he spearheaded Citi's efforts to right itself in the wake of the financial crisis.


Citigroup
MIchael Corbat

As the head of Citi Holdings, a portfolio of assets deemed noncore by the bank and lumped together in 2009, Mr. Corbat was given the task of shedding businesses that had become a distraction for the bank.

As of last fall, Mr. Corbat had overseen business sales or wind-downs of $500 billion during his time at the unit's helm. The properties his group shed included a U.S. student-loan business and a Japanese brokerage operation. The unit also contained a big private-label credit-card business, which Citi decided last fall after the operation improved.

At the start of this year, Mr. Corbat was sent abroad to learn more about Citi's operations as head of the bank's Europe, Middle East and Africa operation. A Salomon Brothers veteran, he joined Citi after Salomon was acquired by Travelers, which then merged with Citi in 1998.

Mr. Corbat has also run several other units of the bank, including wealth management, global corporate and commercial banking and emerging markets debt.

In an internal memo announcing the executive shake up, Mr. Corbat told Citi employees he would make "changes" after taking time to review the company and its structures.

Vikram Pandit Resigns


"I am confident that we can realize Citi's full potential while serving clients and creating rewarding new opportunities for our employees," he wrote in the memo, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The bank's announcement of the management change said Mr. Corbat was known within the company for "enhancing productivity, holding people accountable and practicing sound risk management."

Mr. Corbat graduated from Harvard University in 1983 with an economics degree, and was an all-Ivy offensive guard on the school's football team. In a 1982 profile in the Harvard Crimson, which described him as 6'3" and 230 pounds, he said he was already pursuing a career in investment banking rather than playing professional football, adding: "I'm just not psyched to be somebody's piece of meat somewhere."

In a research note, Ed Najarian, head of bank research at ISI Group, said it was a positive sign that Mr. Corbatt wasn't named CEO on an interim basis, which could have signaled more bad news on the way.

"It appears to us that Mr. Corbat is highly respected within the organization and should bring a lot of energy in his new role as CEO," the note said. "Importantly, he has indicated that he doesn't plan to change the strategy that Vikram has put in place."

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looks like Wall Street will have big actions.

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rightonmoney 发表于 2012-10-16 11:45 AM
looks like Wall Street will have big actions.

CNBC is talking bout it all day

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bucks 发表于 2012-10-16 11:58 AM
CNBC is talking bout it all day

I think this is certain kind of signal. All the rewards belong to white people. They are going to make a big cake.