Citi appoints Ravin as Sri Lanka Country Head

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Citi has announced the appointment of Ravin Basnayake as Cit Country Officer (CCO) of its Sri Lanka franchise.

Basnayake will report to Tab Cuddyre, Cluster Head for Bangladesh, Brunei and Sri Lanka.

“Ravin is an extremely knowledgeable banker who has served in a variety of leadership roles within Citi. Our Sri Lanka franchise will benefit from his professionalism, experience and acumen,” Cuddyre said.

Basnayake joined Citi in 1988 in operations before moving to a client relationship role with the Corporate Bank. He has also served as Head of Sales and Marketing for Citibusiness, and Head of Global Transaction Services.

His most recent role was Head of Corporate Banking, where over the last few years he has built strong client relationships and promoted collaboration among Citi’s businesses.

He holds an MBA from the Post Graduate Institute of Management. University of Sri Jayawardenapura, and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Financial Services of the United Kingdom.

Citi, the leading global financial services company, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in over 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services and wealth management.

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