Citi, a leading global bank, has appointed Elissar Farah Antonios as chief executive officer of Citi UAE.

Antonios comes from Citi Lebanon where she has been the bank’s CEO since 2012.
 
Antonios is a seasoned banker with extensive experience in wealth management. She started her career in 1990 in London and had served at several global banks with a focus on Arab private banking clients. She joined Citi in 2005 as head of private banking in Abu Dhabi and later across all the UAE before assuming her Lebanon role.
 
Antonios will report to Atiq Rehman, head of Citi’s Middle East and Africa Region. Rehman’s responsibilities were recently expanded to include leadership of the bank’s business in Sub-Saharan Africa in addition to Middle East and North Africa. He will continue to be based in Dubai.
 
“The UAE is Citi’s largest and most diverse franchise in the Middle East and Africa regions, and a key market for corporate and investment banking as well as wealth management businesses,” said Rehman. “I am confident that Elissar’s leadership will add material value to our clients in the UAE, and help the firm develop more growth opportunities in the country.”

Citi is present in 24 markets in the Middle East and Africa regions.  Its operations in the UAE include a full spectrum of wholesale financial services.

Citibank, the consumer banking arm of Citi, is currently a major player in the UAE’s credit card market and a leading provider of wealth management and consumer credit services. -TradeArabia News Service