Debashish Gupta appointed Citi's investments head

27 Aug 2009

Mumbai: Debashish Duttagupta has been appointed head of investments for Citi Asia Pacific's wealth management businesses.

Duttagupta, previously head of capital markets for the wealth management businesses, will be based in Hong Kong, reporting to Judy Hsu, head of retail banking, Asia Pacific, Aamir Rahim, chief executive of Citi Private Bank Asia Pacific, and Shantanu Rastogi, head of investments, Citi Private Bank.

He began his career with Citi in India in 1992 and held a number of positions till 2007 in India, Singapore and Hong Kong in foreign exchange, treasury, derivatives, credit trading and fixed income. Prior to re-joining Citi in November 2008, he was the head of EMEA credit trading and structuring for Lehman Brothers in London.

Duttagupta holds a degree in computer science from IIT Madras, and a masters of business administration from IIM Calcutta.