Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) announced that Howard Moseson, 50, has joined the company as Chief Strategy Officer for the Americas, effective immediately.

Moseson, a seasoned business executive with substantial experience in corporate strategy, business management, risk, and wholesale and consumer banking, reports to Chief Financial Officer Johannes (Johs) Worsoe and is based in New York.

In his role, Moseson will lead MUFG Americas strategy development and strategic planning efforts, including management of the annual and triennial strategic planning processes and driving strategic and transformational initiatives as the firm's internal strategy consultant to business and support unit leadership.

"Howard is an outstanding addition to our talented strategy team and will play an instrumental role in leading and integrating our strategic planning processes and driving strategic and transformational initiatives across the firm," said Worsoe.

Prior to joining MUFG, Moseson was the Head of Strategy for Citibank's Global Consumer Banking Operations. Prior to this role, he was the Global Head of Strategy for Citi Commercial Bank. Before joining Citi in 2012, he was a Partner at McKinsey & Company where he led the Middle Market Banking Practice and was a senior member of Investment and Corporate Banking and Risk Practices. Prior to McKinsey, Moseson was an investment banker for 15 years at firms including Chase, CSFB and WestLB.

Moseson holds BA degrees in Math/Computer Science and Philosophy from Emory University and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.