Mayank joined Citi in 1985 as a Management Associate after graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree (University Topper Gold Medal) from Delhi University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.

He managed a number of challenging assignments in various areas of the corporate and investment bank in India before moving to the UAE in 1992. He headed the Middle East and South Asia Region (11 countries including India) for Standard Chartered Bank’s Global Cash Management and Trade business there based in Dubai. He moved to Johannesburg in 1997 to set up Citigroup’s Global Transaction Services business in South Africa and was later given additional responsibilities for e-Business as well as the Southern and East Africa Region.  

In 2001, he moved to Tanzania as the Chief Executive Officer based in Dar es Salaam. Mayank was elected in 2004 as the Chairman of the Tanzania Bankers Association that comprises all the 32 local and foreign banks/financial institutions operating in the country for a two-year term. He was subsequently re-elected as the Chairman for another two years (2006 & 07). He has also been appointed to the Tanzania National Business Council chaired by the President of Tanzania that comprises of 12 business leaders personally selected by the President across all industrial sectors in the country.

Mayank moved to Bahrain in April 2007 as the CEO. Citi is one of Bahrain’s leading banks with over 800 employees and has been present in the country since 1969.

Mayank is married to Nickunj who is a journalist and they have one daughter.