Citizens Bank added Wit Derby and Vincent Ng to the Structured Finance Group at Citizens Commercial Banking.

Derby joins from FTI Consulting where he has been a managing director for the past eight years. He has more than 30 years of banking experience.

Ng joins Citizens from Wells Fargo. He has a decade of banking and corporate experience.

Citizens’ Structured Finance Group is focused on establishing, building and maintaining relationships with senior leaders at large and mid-tier investment banks, distressed-focus private equity funds and other intermediaries to source senior secured financing opportunities greater than $20 million. The team’s experience with lead-left financings supports mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, debtor-in-possession, plan-of-reorganization and out-of-court transactions.

“Both Wit and Vincent are talented and experienced bankers who deliver excellent ideas and terrific service to clients,” said Brent Hazzard, head of Structured Finance at Citizens Commercial Banking. “We are very happy to have them join the growing Citizens team as we focus on helping our clients reach their potential by providing the solutions they need for every stage in the life cycle of their businesses.”