Citi names new Asia cluster heads

Singapore Citi Country Officer Gupte is now head of South Asia & ASEAN.

Citi has named Tim Monger as head of North & East Asia (NEA) cluster and Amol Gupte as head of South Asia & ASEAN (SAA) cluster, effective immediately, according to an announcement.

Prior to his new role, Monger served as CFO for Asia Pacific since 2019, helping execute Citi’s consumer bank divestures across Asia in the past year. Monger joined Citi in 2017 as head of Productivity, leaving his role in the Boston Consulting Group where he was a partner and was head of UK Financial Services.

Monger will continue in his role as CFO until a new one is appointed.

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Gupte most recently served as Singapore Citi Country Officer (CCO) and has been with Citi for over 30 years. He held a number of senior Treasury and Trade Solutions roles globally, including as head of the Asia Pacific business.

The CCOs of Australia, China, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan will report to Monger; and the CCOs of India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam will report to Gupte.

Citi also shared that it will be announcing a new country officer for Singapore in the near future.