Victor Menezes
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Victor J. Menezes is an engineer and banker, who acts as a top official in international financial organizations.
in 1972.
He retired from Citigroup as Senior Vice Chairman after a 32-year global career there. Currently he Chairs the Advisory Board for Citi India.
Menezes was the Chairman of the Clearing House Association; serves as a trustee of the Asia Society, the Eisenhower Fellowships and the American India Foundation. He was recently named Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Center for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Menezes has been Senior Vice Chairman of Citigroup and was a member of Citigroup’s Management Committee and Business Heads Committee. A 2003 profile of Menezes, by the IIT Bombay Alumni Association of Greater New York, notes that he has earlier been Chairman and CEO of Citibank and headed Citigroup’s Emerging Markets business. Today, the IIT Bombay calls Menezes its "product" who reached the highest levels of banking and finance.
Victor Menezes is Senior Advisor of New Silk Route
, an international private equity firm.
Mr. Menezes Chairs the American India Foundation
, is a Vice Chairman of the Asia Society
and of Catholic Charities
in New York. He chairs the Executive Committee of the Eisenhower Fellowships
. He is a board member of Educational Testing Service and the MIT Corporation and is on the advisory boards of IIT, MIT Sloan and INSEAD
.
He also has a convention centre named after him at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay known as the Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC) which was inaugurated by Mr. Kapil Sibal on January 8, 2011.
Early life
He is originally from India and received his degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai in 1970. He received a Master's degree in Management (M.B.A.) from the MIT Sloan School of ManagementMIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
in 1972.
Career
In 1972, he joined Citicorp in Corporate Banking. Later, he was posted in "practically every continent" – as one bio-sketch put it. Displaying exemplary banking skills throughout, he rose to the post of Chief Financial Officer in 1995.He retired from Citigroup as Senior Vice Chairman after a 32-year global career there. Currently he Chairs the Advisory Board for Citi India.
Menezes was the Chairman of the Clearing House Association; serves as a trustee of the Asia Society, the Eisenhower Fellowships and the American India Foundation. He was recently named Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Center for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Menezes has been Senior Vice Chairman of Citigroup and was a member of Citigroup’s Management Committee and Business Heads Committee. A 2003 profile of Menezes, by the IIT Bombay Alumni Association of Greater New York, notes that he has earlier been Chairman and CEO of Citibank and headed Citigroup’s Emerging Markets business. Today, the IIT Bombay calls Menezes its "product" who reached the highest levels of banking and finance.
Victor Menezes is Senior Advisor of New Silk Route
New Silk Route
- History and leadership :NSR was initially named Taj Capital. Its founding team included, at various points:* Rajat Gupta, former managing partner at McKinsey & Company* Parag Saxena, former managing partner of Invesco Capital and Vedanta Capital...
, an international private equity firm.
Mr. Menezes Chairs the American India Foundation
American India Foundation
The American India Foundation is a nonprofit American organization that is devoted to accelerating social and economic change in India...
, is a Vice Chairman of the Asia Society
Asia Society
The Asia Society is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States and around the world Hong Kong, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, and Melbourne...
and of Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities is a network of charities whose aim is "to provide service to people in need, to advocate for justice in social structures, and to call the entire church and other people of good will to do the same." It is one of the largest charities in the United States...
in New York. He chairs the Executive Committee of the Eisenhower Fellowships
Eisenhower Fellowships
Eisenhower Fellowships is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization created in 1953 by a group of prominent American citizens to honor President Dwight D. Eisenhower for his contribution to humanity as a soldier, statesman, and world leader...
. He is a board member of Educational Testing Service and the MIT Corporation and is on the advisory boards of IIT, MIT Sloan and INSEAD
INSEAD
INSEAD is an international graduate business school and research institution. It has campuses in Europe , Asia , and the Middle East , as well as a research center in Israel...
.
He also has a convention centre named after him at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay known as the Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC) which was inaugurated by Mr. Kapil Sibal on January 8, 2011.