Citi has named Steve Pitkin head of investor services for its hedge fund services unit within global transaction services.
Reporting into Mike Sleightholme, global head of hedge fund services, Pitkin is responsible for providing leadership for investor services globally within the hedge fund services business.
His focus will be on enhancing Citi’s investor services proposition, growing capabilities in key markets and developing Citi’s operating model and technology to improve client and investor experience and firm profitability and controls.
Pitkin joins Citi from Citco Fund Services, where for the past five years he was global head of investor relations. In that position, he managed a team of 550 professionals in 13 locations around the world, servicing more than 550 clients with over 2,600 funds.
Prior to that, he was director of operations at FrontPoint Partners where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of eight distinct trading strategies for the hedge fund. He spent 12 years at Morgan Stanley in several positions in prime brokerage and operations risk management in New York and London.
