NEW YORK, June 20 (Reuters) - Citigroup ( C/PN ) hired

Drago Rajkovic as its co-head of mergers and acquisitions from

rival JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ), according to a memo seen by

Reuters on Friday.

Rajkovic, who has more than three decades of advisory

experience, was most recently global chairman of M&A at

JPMorgan ( JPM ), according to the memo signed by Citi's head of banking

Viswas "Vis" Raghavan, who is also a JPMorgan ( JPM ) alum.

Rajkovic will join in September and lead M&A alongside Kevin

Cox, the memo added. Rajkovic will divide his time between New

York and San Francisco.

His recent deals included the $8 billion acquisition of

Informatica by Salesforce and the purchase of Juniper Networks

by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise for $14 billion.