Citi appoints Salem as the new Country Officer for Citi Lebanon
Citi has announced the appointment of Ghassan Salem as the Chief Country Officer (CCO) for Citi Lebanon.
In this role, Salem will drive Citi’s businesss in Lebanon and will report to Elissar Farah Antonios, Mena Cluster Head for Citi. In addition to his CCO role, Salem will also head Corporate Banking for Lebanon.
“We are pleased to welcome Ghassan and are confident that he will add value to Citi’s business in Lebanon, one of our oldest franchsies in the region,” said Antonios.
Prior to his appointment as CCO Lebanon, Salem was the Credit Review Manager with Citi in New York, heading a team of fundamental credit risk senior reviewers in the Americas Credit Review Team.
Salem started his banking career in Los Angeles with Bank Audi (California) in 1991, returning to Lebanon in 1994 to head Corporate & Term finance at BLOM Invest and also…
