Family office advisory

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.

Karen provides philanthropic advice and services to families, foundations, and endowments on strategic development and best practices to meet their philanthropic goals.

Previously, Karen served for 10 years as the Director of Finance and Philanthropic Operations for a private foundation in the multifamily office practice of Geller & Co. In addition to advising clients on philanthropic strategies, she is also well versed in private foundation operations, governance, and compliance.  

Karen is a 21/64 Multigenerational Advisor. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Binghamton University.

Betsy leads a team of art advisors that helps clients build and manage museum-quality art collections. With experience gained in some of the world’s most prestigious galleries, auction houses and museums, her team’s expertise covers many international collecting fields.

Betsy specializes in post-war, contemporary and emerging art, with additional strengths in Latin American, American and modern art. She started her career at a private Latin American art collection and foundation. Subsequently, she held roles at the Pace Gallery and Sean Kelly Gallery, among others, and founded an internationally recognized exhibition space in San José, Costa Rica. She regularly contributes insights to art publications and major media outlets. 

Betsy graduated with a double major in art history and German language from The Ohio State University.