Citi's Chaudhuri moves to Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered has hired veteran Citi banker Sanjeeb Chaudhuri as regional head for South Asia and chief marketing officer for the consumer bank.

Chaudhuri has already started at Standard Chartered, based in Mumbai, and is directly responsible for the consumer banking operations in India and the heads of consumer banking in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka report to him. As CMO, senior consumer banking marketing staff, who are largely based in Singapore, will also report to him.

Vishu Ramachandran, the previous South Asia head, has relinquished responsibility for the region to Chaudhuri, but continues to be in charge of the Middle East, Pakistan and Africa. Chaudhuri...