Bankers at Citis Asian headquarters in Hong Kong were stunned when Jeremy Amias, managing director and head of fixed income, currencies and commodities for the region, resigned late in August to join Noble Group, a Hong Kong-based supply chain manager of commodities and other resources products, as chief operating officer finance.
"The first we knew about it was when Noble sent out a press release on Friday night and Bloomberg picked it up," says a Citi employee. "Some of Jeremys staff went into shock."
Amias has been with Citi for more than 23 years, so...