Citi Philippines appoints a 27 year veteran, Manoj Varma as
new consumer business manager
Citi, the leading global bank, announced the appointment of
Manoj Varma as consumer business manager for the Philippines. A 27 year Citi
veteran, Varma will be responsible for managing the company’s consumer
franchise in the Philippines. Citi has been in the Philippines since 1902 and
provides a full suite of consumer banking products and solutions including
credit cards and wealth management.
Citi Philippines chief executive officer Aftab Ahmed said,
“Manoj is a great addition to the Citi Philippines team. His wealth of
experience at Citi in different regions will further strengthen our ability to
being the best through the eyes of our clients.”
Prior to his new appointment, Manoj served as managing
director and general manager of the Specialty Partners Group within the Citi
Retail Services Business in the U.S. The seasoned retail banking executive has
an extensive international experience having worked with Citi in the United
States and the Asia Pacific region.
Manoj started as a design engineer, manufacturing computers
for HCL India. He joined Citibank India as a management associate in 1990. In
New Delhi, he handled Marketing and Product Development for the Auto Loan
business and then led Citi’s Customer Services unit for Retail Loans in North
India.
In 1993, after a brief stint in Auto Sales, he was
appointed head of Retail Banking Operations in Chennai. He moved back to Delhi
in 1995 as regional head of the Indian Cards business.
Manoj was named in 1999 product director for the cards
business in Citibank Taiwan. Three years later he was transferred to Korea to
lead the Cards business in the country.
In August 2006, Manoj became initiatives director for the
Partnership Business of Citi USA’s Retail Partner Cards. He was named in early
2010 general manager for the Specialty Partners Group, with overall
responsibility for majority of the partnerships within the Citi Retail Services
business.
Manoj has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
from Delhi University (1987) and a Master’s degree in Business Administration
from Georgetown University (1990).
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