January 19: The day in pictures

A Citibank sign on a bank branch in midtown Manhattan, New York

Citigroup Inc plans to name John Havens as president and chief operating officer as part of a structural overhaul to address the bank's efforts to expand, the Wall Street Journal said.

The promotion of Havens, a longtime colleague of Chief Executive Vikram Pandit, will cut the number of utives reporting directly to Pandit by half from a current 18, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

The new lineup could also speed up decision making, the sources told the paper.

Havens, who has led Citi's institutional clients group for the past three years, can relieve Pandit of some front office responsibilities as the Citi chief emerges from crisis mode to focus on growth.

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