Sanjay Nayar is the CEO, Citi South Asia, and Area Head for Citi’s operations in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal, since October 2002.

Citi is a leading global financial services company and has a presence in more than 100 countries. The Citi brand is the most recognized in the financial services industry. Citi is known around the world for market leadership, global product excellence, outstanding talent, strong regional and product franchises, and commitment to providing the highest-quality service to its clients.

The India franchise has a well balanced mix of the Consumer and Corporate businesses spanning various customer segments, from the emerging middle class to the top tier Corporates and all product sets including an unrivaled position in the local markets in Capital Markets, Transaction Services, Credit Cards and Wealth Management.

From 1996 to 2002, Sanjay headed Salomon Smith Barney’s Emerging Markets Sales business in New York. From 1994, he was in London as Citibank’s Global Head for Emerging Markets Equities. Between 1985 and 1994, he held various positions across the Corporate Bank and the Transaction Bank in Citibank India, including the head of Corporate Finance and Capital Market.

Actively involved in Industry forums, Sanjay is the Deputy Chairman, Indian Bank’s Association, Chairman of the Foreign Banks' Committee of the Indian Bank's Association (IBA), a member of the Board of USIBC, Co-Chairman of the Banking Committee for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Co-Chairman of the Habitat for Humanity India Builds campaign, and a nominee of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India to be a member of the Committee to make recommendations on Infrastructure Financing (Deepak Parekh Committee).He has also participated in various financial sector reforms committees set up by the Government and domestic regulators.

Sanjay holds an MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi University.