The New Nation - Internet Edition

Philip Brown, Director Risk for Citi Microfinance's global business arrived in Dhaka on August 18 on a three-day visit to Bangladesh.

During his visit, Philip is scheduled to meet senior government officials, major, clients in the micro finance sector of the bank and explore further growth opportunities for micro finance business in Bangladesh.

Philip is responsible for developing the policies, programmes and risk tools enable Citi's businesses to commercially engage in the sector.

Before moving to Citi Microfinance he was the Risk Manager for Project Finance and Structured Trade Finance within Europe Middle East and Asia (EMEA). He joined Citi Bank in 1971 and has had a variety of client and product assignments.

These span financial institutions, corporate, commercial, investment, and private bank 19 with product roles in cash management and trade. These have included country head, business and staff positions in the US, Europe, Sri Lanka, Channel Islands and Audit and Risk Review for Europe Middle East and Asia (EMEA).