BWI: Citi India Appoints Anuranjita Kumar as Head of Human Resources

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Citi
Thursday, February 23, 2012 01:34 PM IST (08:04 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People; Business: Banking & financial services, Business services, Financial Analyst, Information technology; Technology
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Citi India Appoints Anuranjita Kumar as Head of Human Resources


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, February 23, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- Citi India today announced the appointment of Anuranjita Kumar as Country Human Resources Officer for Citi India. In this capacity, Anuranjita will be responsible for all franchise wide HR activities in India. Anuranjita will be replacing Stephen Cronin, who has been appointed as Global HR Leader ICG Operations and Technology and CTO, based out of Citi New York. Anuranjita will report to Pramit Jhaveri, CEO, Citi India.

Pramit Jhaveri, CEO Citi India said, "With over 17 years of experience at Citigroup, Anuranjita has a proven track record as a highly effective human resources leader. She brings a wealth of people management experience to the role. I am confident that she will prove to be an asset to our India operations."

Anuranjita began her career in Citi India in 1995 where she held a variety of roles including Recruitment Manager, Senior HR Generalist for Corporate and Investment Bank before taking on the franchise wide role of Compensation & Benefits Head for India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

In 2005 she moved to London as the Citi Markets & Banking EMEA HR Strategy & Planning head. In 2007 Anuranjita was appointed Head of HR, Global Banking EMEA.

About Citi:

Committed to India for over 110 years, Citi takes pride in being a premier locally-embedded financial institution backed by an unmatched international network. Citi's presence in India spans 42 Citibank branches across 30 cities and over 700 ATMs. With capital invested of over US$4 billion, Citi is the single largest foreign direct investor in the financial services industry in India and offers consumers and institutions a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Citi is an employer of choice to approximately 7000 employees in India. Citi's franchise in India includes businesses such as equity brokerage, equities distribution, private banking (Citi Private Bank) and alternate investments and private equity (CVCI). In line with our commitment to make a positive difference in the communities where we work, Citi India's citizenship programme targets its strategic efforts in the priority focus areas of Financial Capability & Asset Building, Microfinance, Enterprise Development, and Youth, Education & Livelihoods.

Additional information may be found at http://www.online.citibank.co.in/press-room/citi-in-india.htm



CONTACT DETAILS
Debasis Ghosh , Citi, +91 (22) 4001 5009, debasis.ghosh@citi.com
Pooja Ahluwalia , Citi, +91 124 418 6868, pooja.ahluwalia@citi.com
Ritish Das Gupta, IPAN Hill and Knowlton, +91 4066 1755 , rdasgupta@ipanhillandknowlton.com

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