BWI: Citi India Announces Key Senior Appointments

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Citi
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:31 PM IST (07:01 AM GMT)
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Citi India Announces Key Senior Appointments


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, May 12, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Citi India today announced a number of significant new appointments across its franchise, covering senior roles in its Strategy, Risk, Human Resources and Legal functions. The firm named Anuratna Chadha Head of Strategy for India with additional responsibility for Citi's Microfinance business in the country, Stephen Cronin Head of Human Resources for the India Cluster, Piyush Agrawal as Head of Risk for Citi's Institutional business in the India Cluster, Sandip Beri as Head of Legal for Citi India and Munish Nagpal as Legal Head of Citi's Capital Markets Origination and Global Banking businesses in India.

About Anuratna Chadha, Head of Strategy, Citi India
In this new role, Anuratna Chadha will work towards the strategic growth and development of Citi's India franchise. He will also lead Citi's Microfinance Group in India and assume responsibility for building and driving the Firm's Microfinance and Rural business and strategy. Anuratna has been with Citi for over 19 years in various roles in India & South Africa. Most recently he managed the India Citi Private Bank.

About Stephen Cronin, Country Human Resources Officer, India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka
Prior to assuming the Country HR Officer (CHRO) role for Citi India, Stephen was the CHRO for Citi in Japan. Stephen began his career with Citi in 1995 as an HR Generalist and has served as HR Head for Citi in Singapore and in Europe covering Citi's Global Transaction Services business.

About Piyush Agrawal, Risk Head, Institutional Clients Group, India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka
Piyush Agrawal succeeds veteran Citibanker Jose Joseph who is moving to New York to become the Head of the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) team. Piyush's most recent assignment was in Citi's Global Risk Oversight organization in New York where he was involved in a variety of firm-wide strategic initiatives. Piyush joined Citi in 2001 and has worked with the Global Power coverage team as well as in several senior roles across the Consumer and Commercial Risk organizations.

About Sandip Beri, Head, Legal, Citi India
Sandip is a highly credentialed lawyer with over 25 years of financial services legal experience in the US and India, in both the institutional and consumer sectors. He joins Citi from GE Capital, where he most recently served as their general counsel in India following significant experience in GE's headquarters in Connecticut. Sandip also has private practice experience at Sidley & Austin in Chicago and at a local law firm in New Delhi. He is admitted to practice in India and in the United States.

About Munish Nagpal, Head, Legal, Citigroup Global Markets India
Munish joins Citi from Clifford Chance where he spent the past two years in its Singapore office as part of its India focused capital markets team. He brings more than eight years experience as a lawyer, and knowledge on a broad range of cross-border capital markets transactions. Prior to joining Clifford Chance, Munish was with Skadden Arps in Singapore and has previously worked with Fried Frank in New York and London, and Amarchand Mangaldas in India. Munish is qualified to practise law in New York, England and Wales and India, and is a graduate of Harvard, Cambridge and University of Delhi law schools.

Citi

Citi, the leading global financial services company, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 140 countries. Through Citicorp and Citi Holdings, Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com.



CONTACT DETAILS
Indu A. Anand, Citi, +91 (124) 418 6766 / +91 981177 1912, indu.anand@citi.com
Debasis Ghosh, Citi, +91 (22) 4001 5009 / +91 98211 40365, debasis.ghosh@citi.com
Shreela Roy, IPAN Hill & Knowlton, +91 (22) 4066 1755 / +91 9820149119, sroy@ipanhillandknowlton.com

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