Citigroup is launching three new China desks in London, Johannesburg and New York with more set to follow as it looks to capitalise on increased deal activity from Chinese companies outside of their home country.

The US bank will relocate three of its Mandarin-speaking bankers to the desks. They are: Sabrina Goa, North China regional global subsidiaries group head based in Beijing, who will relocate to London; Jason Yan, a senior banker in Citigroup's China Corporate Bank in Beijing, who will relocate to Johannesburg; and Cecile Wu, a senior banker in China Corporate Bank in Shanghai, who will move to New York.