Citi has appointed Elree Winnett Seelig as head of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) for markets and securities services, a newly created role.
Seelig will be responsible for ESG-related markets and securities services strategy, thought leadership and product development and ESG client engagement.
Working with Olga Sviatochevski, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), head of strategy, Seelig will also work with Citi's corporate sustainability team as well as other teams across the ICG.
Based in London, Seelig will report to Jim O’Donnell, global head, investor sales and relationship management and locally to Leo Arduini, regional head, EMEA markets and securities services.
O’Donnell and Arduini will co-chair a newly-formed ESG markets and securities services Steering Committee, which will provide strategic direction and guidance for the development and integration of this initiative within markets and securities services.
Seelig was previously head of strategy for commodities at Citi.
Prior to joining Citi, Seelig was head of energy client management for commodities at BNP Paribas, and worked in Natural Resources Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers and Project Finance at Bank of America.
Prior to joining Citi, Sviatochevski was a strategy consultant at Booz & Company with experience across oil and gas and financial services sectors.
