Citi has appointed Rajesh Mehta as regional head of treasury and trade solutions (TTS) for the Asia-Pacific region. In this role, Mehta will oversee Citi’s TTS business which provides integrated cash management and trade finance services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and public sector organizations in Asia and across the globe in the over 100 countries Citi operates in.

 

Mehta will report to Asia Pacific CEO Francisco Aristeguieta and Global TTS head Naveed Sultan, and will relocate from London to Hong Kong in September. He succeeds Amol Gupte, who has been appointed head of Asean and Citi country officer for Singapore.

 

A 32-year Citi veteran, Mehta has held a range of senior roles in transaction banking and corporate banking in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Latin America and Mexico. He was most recently the EMEA head of treasury and trade solutions, a role he has held since 2013, where he led the industry-leading Cash Management, Trade and Export Agency Finance (EAF) business in 54 countries with on-the-ground branch presence and for another 63 non-presence countries. During his tenure, the business has shown consistent growth, despite a challenging environment.

 

Mehta started his career in Asia, as a Citi management associate in India.He had also been audit and risk review head for Singapore / Indonesia, and served as both the commercial banking products head and product operations & technology head for Indonesia.