Citi announced the appointment of Vineet Vetts as Head of Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) for the United Arab Emirates, effective early November 2024.
Vineet will oversee all CCB business and operations in the UAE and will be responsible for driving the business’ strategy and financial performance, including deepening client relationships. Vineet will report to Alexander Stiris, Head of Citi Commercial Bank for Europe, and the Middle East & Africa Clusters, and into the Citi Country Officer (CCO) and Banking Head for the UAE, Maria Ivanova.
Vineet has more than 17 years of banking experience and has been with CCB since February 2016 serving as the UK Head of Industrials. In his role, Vineet was responsible for the articulation and execution of the Industrials sector growth strategy. During his tenure, Vineet drove portfolio and revenue growth of the sector in the UK for CCB as well as built out a team of more than 10 people to cover Industrials mid-sized corporates. Vineet also played a key role in the roll out of our commercial banking business strategy in the UK.
Prior to joining CCB, Vineet was a Relationship Manager at HSBC UK and prior to that he was at Barclays and Kotak Mahindra Bank in India.
