Alberto Safra ASA Hires Citi’s Gonzales for Private Banking

Billionaire Alberto Safra’s financial institution, ASA, hired Antonio Gonzales from Citigroup Inc. to oversee its private-banking operation in Latin America.

Gonzales will lead the building of ASA’s platform for the region, overseeing teams across places such as Mexico, Argentina, Panama and Florida, the firm said in a statement Thursday. He previously worked as Citigroup’s Latin America head for private banking, and before that was head of the Brazil private bank at JPMorgan Chase & Co.