Citi Names South Asia Head of Corporate Banking
An 18-year Citi veteran has been named as the head of corporate banking for South Asia.
Citi has appointed Prashant Thakker as head of Asia South corporate bank, according to a memo. Base in Singapore, he reports to Jason Rekate and John Chirico, global co-heads of corporate banking as well as Amol Gupte, head of Asia South cluster.
In this role, Thakker will oversee business strategy, financial performance, talent development and execution for the Asia South corporate bank across local corporate, financial institution, public sector and global network banking businesses. Citi’s South Asia markets include India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Thakker joined Citi in 2007 as a banker in India and moved to Hong Kong in 2013. He currently heads capital management for Japan, Asia North and Australia and Asia South and will relocate to Singapore in due course.
