Sianturi, who will assume his new role upon regulatory approvals, will be responsible for all Citi businesses across the franchise in Indonesia. He will report to Michael Zink, head of ASEAN and citi country officer for Singapore. This will be Batara’s  third CCO and Country head appointment in his nearly three decade international  career with Citi.

 

The 27-year veteran banker is currently serving as CCO for the Philippines as well as cluster head for the Philippines and Guam. Prior to his current role in the Philippines, he was CCO for Hungary as well as Cluster Head for 12 other countries in Central Eastern Europe.

 

Sianturi joined Citi in 1988 as a management associate in Indonesia, where he started his career in consumer audit and operations before moving into the Consumer CFO role. In 1995 he moved to Citi Australia as the general manager of the overseas mortgage business. After returning to Indonesia, Sianturi progressed in his career in Consumer Banking by taking on a number of senior appointments as branch network & Sales Director, Retail Banking Director and Country Marketing Director for the Retail Banking and Credit Cards businesses.

 

In 2005, Batara moved to Hungary and was appointed the consumer business manager before taking on the broader CCO Hungary role in 2007, which later expanded in 2008 to a cluster head role that included12 countries in Central Eastern Europe (Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Macedonia, Albania, Croatia, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus  and Moldova). Educated in the United States, Batara has an MBA, Finance from St John’s University and a Master of Chemical Engineering from Stevens Institute of  Technology, as well as Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science from Case Western Reserve University.