Citigroup names new head of global commodities

NEW YORK, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Citigroup has named Stuart Staley head of global commodities, according to a memo Reuters obtained from the company on Wednesday.

Staley, currently the deputy head of global commodities, will replace John Casaudoumecq, who plans to retire.

Prior to joining Citi in 2004, Staley was CEO of AEP Energy Ltd in London and worked for Enron in both Houston and London.

Staley will move to London from Houston in April.

Casaudoumecq worked for Citi for 25 years, and managed Canadian fixed income trading, the company's San Francisco office, and U.S. fixed income derivatives sales and structuring.

He moved to London from New York in April 2007 to help establish the company's European commodity business.

(Reporting by Rebekah Kebede; Editing by Marguerita Choy)

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