Citigroup (C.N) may hire veteran dealmaker Andre Kok to head its investment banking unit in Brazil, a year after a group of senior bankers left Citi for Goldman Sachs, according to the International Financing Review. Brazil-born Kok stepped down from Itau BBA last August and recently completed the period when he was prohibited from going to work for an Itau BBA rival, according to the IFR. Itau BBA is the wholesale and investment banking unit of Itau Unibanco (ITUB4.SA)(ITUB.N), Brazil's biggest non-government bank. According to the IFR, Kok's departure from Itau BBA was shrouded in speculation because, as a top banker, he helped lead the revamp of its operations. He joined Itau BBA from UBS (UBSN.VX) in 2005.
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