Citigroup (NYSE: C) Appoints New Country Officer for India

Citigroup (NYSE: C) has announced that it has appointed Pramit Jhaveri as Citigroup’s chief country officer for the nation of India.

In his new role, Jhaveri will oversee all of Citigroup’s business operations in India, including its institutional clients group, consumer banking operations and wealth management group. Jhaveri will report to Shirish Apte, CEO of Citi Asia Pacific.

“Jhaveri is ideally placed to drive our efforts and continue to invest and grow in India, which remains a priority market for Citi globally,” Apte said.

Jhaveri is a veteran at Citigroup with more than 23 years of experience with the company. Previously, he was head of the company’s global banking unit in India and held the title of “vice-chairman, Asia Investment Banking”, where he led Citigroup India’s investment banking franchise and their South Asia capital markets business.

“Our focus is to continue to build out our core businesses and deliver the best Citi products and services to our clients in this priority market,” Jhaveri said.

Jhaveri succeeds Mark Robinson, who has joined Australian major ANZ bank in Singapore.