2022 Family Office Leadership Program

Hannes Hofmann leads our Family Office Group globally, bringing the vast network and resources of Citi together with our private banking services.

Hannes has an extensive global institutional wealth background. He joined Citi from J.P. Morgan where he spent over 20 years in numerous roles globally. Most recently, Hannes was the Head of Multifamily Office and Intermediaries for the Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America regions. Previously, Hannes was Head of the Global Investment Opportunities Group in Asia, where he led teams in Singapore and Hong Kong that provided investment advice to sophisticated, trading-oriented clients in J.P. Morgan Private Bank Asia. He was also the Head of Investments in the U.S. Southeast region at J.P. Morgan.

Hannes holds an MBA from Stanford University, a Master’s degree from CEMS/London School of Economics, a Master's degree from the Vienna University of Business and Economics, as well as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He is a former board member of the Wolfsonian Institute in Miami.

Alexandre has responsibility for serving for family office clients, guiding them with advice, education, events and networking opportunities.

Previously, Alexandre was Head of Wealth Sustainability and President of the Institute for Family Success at Hawthorn, the Multi-Family Office of PNC, providing integrated wealth management services to ultra-high net worth family offices. Prior to that, he was President of Family Office Exchange (FOX), a private network for wealth owning families. In that role, he helped family offices in different countries with the unique challenges inherent to wealth ownership, including family vision, governance, next-generation education, leadership succession, risk management, wealth management and family office practices.

Alexandre is a graduate of ESCP Europe/European School of Management. He has also been a member of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) since 2005.

Paul leads our North America Private Capital Group, providing institutional and private banking services to ultra-high net worth clients. Prior to joining Citi in 2019, he was instrumental in starting a New York-based multi-family office focused on both public and private markets.

Previously, Paul worked at JPMorgan Private Bank from 2000 to 2017 in a number of roles, including oversight of forex and commodities businesses, and cross asset sales coverage to the bank’s most active clients.

He started his career in Johannesburg at Standard Bank’s fixed income proprietary trading desk, followed by a stint at West Deutsche Landesbank. Paul earned a bachelor’s in business science from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Bernie leads the Private Bank’s efforts to address the needs of Asia Pacific clients including regional family offices, private investment companies, and family businesses. 

Prior to joining Citi Private Bank, Bernie was Head of Sales at Citi Retail Cross Asset Solutions where he successfully drove the coverage strategy for the group’s intermediaries, and broad retail channels across Asia, including Japan and India. He was also previously Head of Pan-Asian Equity Derivatives and Convertible Bond Sales.

Prior to joining Citi in 2002, Bernie was an equity derivatives salesperson covering US hedge funds at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong. He is a CFA charterholder and a bachelor’s in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Alessandro leads Citi Private Capital Group in Latin America, including regional advisory, investment and analysis services. He joined in 2020 from Citi Markets & Securities Services, where he held a variety of roles for over a decade, including Head of Latin America Investor Flow Sales and manager of the New York Hub Flow team.

Prior to joining Citi, Alessandro worked for Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse on their Emerging Markets and Fixed Income platforms covering Brazil.

He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fundacao Getulio Vargas and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Alessandro is responsible for coverage of pools of family controlled capital across EMEA, servicing a range of client needs across our wider Institutional Clients Group platform. He joined Citi in 2009 and has over 20 years’ experience in equity solutions.

Prior to his current role, Alessandro was the EMEA Co-Head for the Strategic Equity Solutions business at Citi. He also led the coordination effort between Strategic Equity Solutions, and Citi Private Bank across EMEA.

Before joining Citi, Alessandro was part of Morgan Stanley’s Strategic Equity Solutions origination team primarily responsible for Southern Europe. Previously, he worked in strategic equity for BNP Paribas, London. He holds a degree in economics, with a major in quantitative finance, from Bocconi University, Milan.