Citigroup Inc. has announced a new hire for bond-trading activities. The bank said that it has hired senior trader Courtenay Watson from BNP Paribas as a managing director for its London-based European government bond trading desk. She was previously head of peripheral European government bond trading at BNP Paribas.

The bank has also hired Yun Zhou from Brevan Howard as a managing director in its New York interest rate options trading team.