CHAD LEAT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MyMoneyBank
- Director of J.Crew
- New Chairman
- Retired Citigroup Inc Executive
- Retired Vice Chairman of Global Banking at Citigroup
- Retired Wall Street Executive
Chad A. Leat, retired Vice Chairman of Global Banking at Citigroup has nearly thirty years of markets and banking experience on Wall Street. He is an acknowledged leader and innovator in corporate credit and M&A finance having led some of the largest acquisition financings completed. Over the years he has built and led numerous successful and profitable businesses at Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and their predecessor companies.
Mr. Leat joined Salomon Brothers in 1997 as a partner in High Yield Capital Markets and retired from Citigroup in 2013 as Vice Chairman. Over the years he served on the firm's Investment Banking Management Committee, the Fixed Income Management Committee and the Capital Markets Origination Committee. From 1998 until 2005 he served as the Global Head of Loans and Leveraged Finance. He grew this business from a small second tier position to one of the largest, most successful loan and high yield businesses on Wall Street. In 2004 Citigroup displaced long time market leader CSFB as the most active underwriter of high yield bonds. Revenues grew significantly during this period, ultimately contributing over $1 billion annually. IFR named Citigroup Global Loan House of the Year five times during his tenure. In 2006 and 2007 he was co-head of Global Credit Markets leading a business with over one thousand employees around the world encompassing all of Citigroup's credit trading and debt capital market groups with revenues in excess of $3 billion annually.
Mr. Leat is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MyMoneyBank, a retail and commercial bank headquartered in Paris, France.
Leat, who has served as a director of J.Crew since January 2017, is a retired vice chairman of Global Banking at Citigroup with nearly 30 years of markets and banking experience.
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