Patrick J. Brett is Managing Director of Strategic Venture Investing - GSP Sprint at Citi. Patrick began his career at Citi in 2000 as a summer analyst in Municipal Sales & Trading and has held multiple positions in the company. Prior to his current role, he was Managing Director, Head of Global Municipal Marketing, for nine years. In that role, he established municipal desks for the company in London and Hong Kong.

Patrick is Chairman of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), the primary regulator for the $4 trillion municipal securities market. Patrick is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an advisory board member at Penn IUR, and an honorary Ambassador for the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. Patrick is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a degree in finance from the Wharton School (B.S.E, magna cum laude); in anthropology (B.A., magna cum laude); and a master’s of science in South American archaeology. He is fluent in Spanish and speaks Portuguese.