Investment finance

Giuliano has overall responsibility for the investment finance and banking offerings of the Private Bank and of Citi Global Wealth worldwide.

Previously, he served as Citi Country Officer for Italy, Italian Global Consumer Bank Market Manager, and Head of the Financial Institutions Group for Italy. He began his career at Citi in 1986 as an executive trainee on the Italian corporate team, fulfilling various roles within the corporate bank in Italy and New York.

Giuliano has held several board positions including Citifinancial Italia SpA, Associazione Bancaria Italiana (Italian Banking Association) and Associazione Italiana Banche Estere (Association of Foreign Banks in Italy). He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Bocconi University.

Aashish leads a team of specialists who provide tailored financing strategies to our clients and their businesses across the Americas, including real estate, art, aircraft, sports, securities and unsecured lending.

Aashish joined Citi in 2005 as a portfolio manager and head of the Asian credit business, based in Singapore. Prior to his current role, he also served as the Head of Investment Finance in South East Asia and as Global Head of Margin & Securities Backed Finance.

Before Citi, Aashish held roles at Partner Aman Capital Management, UBS, Zurich Capital Markets, and ABN AMRO.

Aashish is a Chartered Accountant and holds bachelor’s degrees in commerce and law from the University of Bombay.

Gaston leads a team of dedicated transactors and specialists originating credit transactions from our offices across the Americas.

With over two decades of banking experience, Gaston previously served as Asia Pacific Head of Banking and Lending, the Global Head of Margin & Securities Backed Finance and Regional Head of Investment Finance for Latin America. Before that, he was an investment banker for Latin America and a relationship manager for Citi’s Corporate and Investment bank in Venezuela.

He holds an MBA with concentration in corporate finance from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and received his bachelor’s in management from the Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas, and a specialization in finance from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA) in Caracas.

Rick and his experienced team deliver competitive financing strategies to meet the unique needs of our global commercial real estate clients for their investments across North America, the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore.

With a background in real estate finance, restructuring and loan workout and risk management, he has more than 25 years of experience at Citi.

His previous role was Global Risk Manager for the Private Bank’s residential and commercial real estate business.

Rick has a bachelor’s in economics from Lafayette College.

Suzanne Gyorgy leads our Art Advisory & Finance team. She brings more than 25 years of curatorial and art market experience to our clients.

Previously, she served as director of exhibitions for the Morris Museum, New Jersey and the director of the PaineWebber (UBS) Art Gallery in New York. Suzanne began her career as a registrar at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Suzanne has lectured, served on panels, and been interviewed widely on issues relating to the art market and collecting. She holds a fine arts degree from the Pratt Institute.

Ford has more than 25 years of aviation experience, flying both privately and in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, and in the US Air Force Auxiliary’s Civil Air Patrol. He also has 30 years of banking and finance experience.

A licensed pilot with more than 2,500 hours of total time, Ford has flown a variety of different turbine and piston aircraft. Previously, he was Vice President of Business Aviation Finance for Merrill Lynch Capital and GMAC Commercial Finance. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Capital Transactions at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments.