(Bloomberg) -- Bank of New York Mellon Corp., the world’s biggest custodian, is moving its top banker in the Middle East to New York for a senior position in its asset-servicing unit. 

Anthony Habis will relocate from Dubai for his role as global head of client coverage in the asset-servicing team in September, a spokesperson said in response to Bloomberg queries. He’ll help manage the bank’s relationship with large asset managers and sovereign wealth funds.

A finance veteran of more than 20 years, Habis is a former private banker at Citigroup Inc. who joined BNY Mellon in 2018 and most recently led its business in the Middle East and Africa. In his new job he’ll report to Roman Regelman, chief executive officer of securities services and digital.

Regelman has been shuffling leadership within his division, recently appointing James Slater to lead product and client coverage as CEO of BNY Mellon’s corporate trust business, and Jane Mancini as global head of business development for securities services. 

BNY Mellon is the world’s largest custodian of institutional money and had about $47 trillion of assets under custody and administration at the end of 2021, according to its annual report. The New York-based company earlier this year promoted former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Robin Vince to succeed Todd Gibbons as its next CEO.

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