Citi appoints Prashant Thakker as head of Asia South Corporate Bank

Citi appoints Prashant Thakker as head of Asia South Corporate Bank

Citi on May 26 announced the appointment of Prashant Thakker as head of Asia South Corporate Bank, effective immediately.

Prashant Thakker, the newly appointed head of Asia South Corporate Bank

Prashant currently heads capital management for Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia South.

In this role, he will oversee business strategy, financial performance, talent development, and execution for the Asia South Corporate Bank across its local corporate, financial institution, public sector, and global network banking businesses.

Citi’s Asia South markets comprise India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

With an 18-year career at Citi, Prashant brings a strong blend of business insight and strategic experience built across key leadership roles.

As head of capital management, he drove steady gains in return on tangible common equity and balance sheet efficiency across clusters.

Earlier in his career, he led diversified industrials coverage and corporate finance in Shanghai, where he strengthened client dialogue which helped drive sustained revenue growth for China Corporate Bank.

Prashant began his Citi journey in 2007 as a banker in India and moved to Hong Kong in 2013 to join the global capital markets team, where he managed the non-target market leveraged finance portfolio.

Prashant will relocate to Singapore in due course.

VIR