Citi Australia and New Zealand grows its Commercial Real Estate Finance Team in Sydney

Citi Australia and New Zealand today announced that Chris Alder has joined its Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Finance Team.

Chris joins as Vice President, Citi Commercial Real Estate Finance Underwriting, following three years at Wingate. Prior to Wingate, Chris held various real estate and corporate finance roles at Commonwealth Bank and NAB.

The Citi CRE finance business delivers structured financing across all commercial real estate asset classes including retail, industrial, office, hospitality, data center and alternative asset classes with Citi acting as lead on over US$8.6 billion of transactions in APAC in 2025 year to date.

Most recently, the team played a lead role supporting multiple transactions for Airtrunk’s A$16 billion sustainable financing initiatives.

The APAC CRE division launched in 2018 and significantly bolstered its presence in 2023 with the appointment of Rob Resch from NAB to lead the business locally.  

Commenting on the appointment, Citi Director of Commercial Real Estate Finance Rob Resch said “We’re excited to have Chris join our team and continue the fast-paced growth of our CRE Finance business in Australia & New Zealand.  

“Chris joins us following the completion of several landmark transactions amidst an increasingly competitive market environment. We continue to be active across the CRE landscape by providing highly tailored property financing solutions that support our clients.”

The appointment expands Citi’s Australia and New Zealand Financing & Securitisation business, covering Asset Backed lending, Commercial Real Estate and RMBS.

Wesley Barnes, Head of APAC Commercial Real Estate Finance & Asset Finance added, “Our CRE lending business continues to deliver strong performance in Australia amidst a competitive market. The expansion of our CRE team is further proof of our ambitious growth trajectory, and commitment to growing our Australian CRE lending business in APAC.”

Citi’s Australia & New Zealand Markets business has on-the-ground sales and trading presence across all asset classes and products including Equities, Rates, FX, Commodities and Spread Products Financing & Securitisation.