Mark Robinson has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Citi South Asia and now, he will be leading the company’s significant banking franchise in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He will also join the Asia Pacific Executive Committee of the company. Robinson succeeds Sanjay Nayar, who is leaving the firm to pursue other opportunities.

Robinson is a 24-year Citi veteran who has spent the majority of his career in emerging markets. He is currently President of Citibank ZAO, Citi Country Officer for Russia and Division Head for Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Prior to this, he was Division Head for Turkey and Israel overseeing the institutional clients and consumer banking businesses. From 1997 to 2002, he was based in Hungary where, as Country Corporate Officer, he managed the integration of two acquisitions that expanded the Bank's local consumer and SME distribution network. Robinson joined Citi in 1984 and his first assignment was in Pakistan. He has also worked in the US and Hong Kong.

Committed to India for more than one hundred years, Citi is a premier, locally embedded financial institution backed by its global network across 100 countries. With approximately 10,000 employees and capital invested of over US$3.1 billion, Citi is the single largest foreign direct investor in the financial services industry in India. Citi India offers a comprehensive suite of products and services to a client base of over 1,500 large corporates and multinationals, over 2,500 small- and medium-sized enterprises, over 40,000 asset-based financing clients.