Aircraft finance

Ford has more than 25 years of aviation experience, flying both privately and in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, and in the US Air Force Auxiliary’s Civil Air Patrol. He also has 30 years of banking and finance experience.

A licensed pilot with more than 2,500 hours of total time, Ford has flown a variety of different turbine and piston aircraft. Previously, he was Vice President of Business Aviation Finance for Merrill Lynch Capital and GMAC Commercial Finance. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Capital Transactions at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments.

Ford has more than 25 years of aviation experience, flying both privately and in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, and in the US Air Force Auxiliary’s Civil Air Patrol. He also has 30 years of banking and finance experience.

A licensed pilot with more than 2,500 hours of total time, Ford has flown a variety of different turbine and piston aircraft. Previously, he was Vice President of Business Aviation Finance for Merrill Lynch Capital and GMAC Commercial Finance. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Capital Transactions at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments.

Ida leads the Private Bank globally and is a member of Citi Global Wealth’s Leadership Team.

Between 2019 and 2021, Ida had overall responsibility for the Private Bank throughout North America. Previously, she was Global Market Manager for New York and also the founder of Citi Private Bank’s North America Asian Clients Group. She started her career at Citi Private Bank in 2007 by launching the Fashion, Retail and Entertainment Group.

Before joining Citi, Ida was Global Head of Sales, Marketing, Public Relations and Business Development at Vivienne Tam, a women’s wear design house. Having begun her career in mergers and acquisitions at BT Wolfensohn – now Deutsche Bank – Ida spent seven years in investment banking with Merrill Lynch’s mergers and acquisitions, and technology, media and telecommunications investment banking groups in New York and Hong Kong.

Ida holds a BA with honors from Wellesley College, a Merrill Lynch Executive MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Kennedy School Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century.

As Head of Sustainable Investing, Harlin works across Citi’s investment divisions to develop and oversee investment solutions along the full spectrum of sustainability - ESG integration, socially responsible,thematic and impact investments - to ensure the integration of sustainable practices in alignment with Citi’s best thinking on research, asset allocation and diversification. She also works closely with the Chief Investment Officer and Chief Strategist teams to deliver thought leadership and content to clients and external partners and works with the Global Investments Lab to develop and deliver client portfolio analytics.

Vikram leads a team providing deposit and treasury management strategies to clients across Latin America. Vikram served previously as Investment Finance team head in South Asia, responsible for a range of solutions, including margin lending, liquidity, structured solutions and unsecured lending for clients across Asia Pacific.

Previously, Vikram worked for National Bank of Kuwait in various business development, strategy and finance roles. He started his career with Ernst and Young in India as a Chartered Accountant and later worked at KPMG in management assurance services, covering the Middle East.

Vikram holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Calcutta. He holds the Financial Risk Manger (FRM), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) certifications.

With more than 25 years of experience, Tim leads our team of real estate and private equity experts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Previously, Tim was a partner at a major European property consultancy, where he advised mainly private investors on the acquisition, sale and suitability of commercial real estate assets throughout the UK and across all sectors. He also advised several clients on the construction of major property portfolios.

Tim has a bachelor’s degree in estate management from the University of Westminster, is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and a member of the Investment Property Forum.