TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Citigroup ( C/PN ) has appointed

Tokiya Kishie as its new head of markets for Japan, it said in a

statement on Thursday.

Kishie joined Citi in 2010 after working at Nomura

Securities, Lehman Brothers and Tokyo Star Bank.

At Citi he has worked in various positions in Tokyo, New

York and London and was most recently head of fixed income

structuring for Japan, based in Tokyo.

Kishie's appointment will be effective Oct. 1, 2024, and he

will report to Paul Smith, head of markets for Citi's Japan,

Asia North and Australia cluster, and Robert Nakamura, country

officer and banking head for Japan.

(Reporting by Anton Bridge; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)