Suresh Maharaj is an Independent/Non-Executive Director. He is a highly-recognized Global Senior Executive with 43 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to his retirement from Citibank in 2015, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Citibank Caribbean and Central America, with responsibility for Citibank’s Corporate, Commercial and Investment and Consumer operations in 27 countries in the Caribbean and Central America, with physical presence in 14 territories, namely Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Cayman, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. He also served in the positions of CEO and Country Head for the company’s operations in Central America and Ecuador, the Philippines and Guam, Trinidad and Jamaica, spanning 30 years and he was a Senior Credit Officer of Citibank.
Mr. Maharaj is currently the Chairman of Citibank TT Ltd. and Citicorp Merchant Bank. He is also a Director of Banco de Honduras. Following his retirement in June 2015, he held a number of directorships for Citibank’s operations in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama. He was also the former Chairman of the Trinidad Cement Limited and served as a Director of the Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation, Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago, Bankers Association of Philipines, American Chamber of Commerce Trinidad and Tobago, American Chamber of Commerce Philipines and the South Trinidad Chamber of Industry & Commerce.
His areas of expertise include organizational restructuring, return on economical capital strategies, revenue growth initiatives, compliance direction and management, corporate governance and global market identification.
Mr. Maharaj holds an MBA and Bachelor of Science Degree from Mellen University. He is also a past student of Asja College and Naparima College in Trinidad and Tobago.