NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Citigroup ( C/PN ) has hired

Achintya Mangla as head of financing for investment banking, a

newly created role that will report to the head of banking

Viswas Raghavan, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Starting on Wednesday, Mangla will supervise global debt

capital markets, equity capital markets, syndicate and private

capital markets.

Mangla has worked for 22 years at JPMorgan ( JPM ), where

his most recent role was head of global equity capital markets,

the memo said.

Citigroup ( C/PN ) confirmed the memo but declined further comment.