Citi taps Kuh to head Asia consumer and health care group

HONG KONG, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Citigroup (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has appointed a veteran London-based banker, Ted Kuh, to the new position of head of its Asian consumer and health care group, according to an internal memo.

Kuh has since 1999 been based in London, where he is co-head of the bank's European consumer group. Kuh, who will be based in Hong Kong, will remain as co-head of the bank's global retail group. (Reporting by Tony Munroe; editing by Anne Marie Roantree)