Ex-Citi Banker Bet on Joe Lewis-Backed Firm Before Trading Probe

Citigroup Inc. gave few hints of where Peter Charrington might land when the firm announced in late 2020 that its global head of private banking was leaving.

Charrington has since built a portfolio of advisory and boardroom positions, but his main role is at a firm backed by Joe Lewis, the British billionaire now at the center of a US insider-trading probe.

The onetime Citi executive last year became a senior partner at Nexus Luxury Collection, an operator of private member clubs, luxury resorts and sport experiences co-founded by Lewis, according to a person familiar with the matter. ...