Murtuza leads a team of banking, custody, escrow and margin and securities backed lending professionals, who work with clients in North America and Latin America to address their financing, liquidity, safeguarding, portfolio administration, and risk mitigation needs.

Murtuza has over 15 years of private banking and margin lending experience. Previously, he was the Global Head of Margin and Securities Backed Lending at Citi Private Bank. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the Private Bank Investment Finance team for nine years, based in Asia. 

Murtuza holds an MBA in finance and the Chartered Financial Analyst and Financial Risk Manager designations.

Michael leads a team of custody sales professionals who provide asset safeguarding in custody and reporting solutions to clients in North America and Latin America, including ultra-high net worth individuals and families, multi-family offices, registered investment advisors and institutional clients, such as hedge funds and private equity firms.

Before joining Citi Private Bank, Michael spent 10 years as Executive Director and Head of J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s Americas Custody business. Prior to this tenure, Michael was a Managing Director with Modern Bank and served as First Vice President, Regional Manager, and Head of Global Custody Sales at HSBC Private Bank. Earlier in his career, Michael was Vice President and Section Manager of Custody Services at U.S. Trust. He began his career in financial services with Fiduciary Trust Company International.

Based in London, Samba leads our cash and custody solution teams in the region, helping clients to make use of their short-term liquidity and ensuring the safekeeping of their investments.

He is also the Global Chief Administrative Officer for Cash and Liquidity Solutions. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Citi Private Bank in EMEA and as Technology Director for Citi’s International Personal Bank.

Samba qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Cost & Management Accountant.