Citibank changes Romanian head again

Citibank Romania’s new CEO as of January 1, 2004 is Witold Zielinski, who replaces Tirad Mahmoud. Mahmoud left the American group to work for Saudi SAMBA Group. Zielinski is a Polish citizen and has over 20 years experience in banking. He has held top positions within Handlowy Bank (Poland), a bank taken over by Citigroup in 1999, and within the Poland Trade Office in New York. The arrival of Witold Zielinski in Romania is rather surprising considering that the former president did not even get to head the American group’s Romanian business for a year. “I am extremely pleased with the solid basis my predecessors and the Citigroup team have created that will allow us to keep expanding the client portfolio and the transaction volume thanks to the interest displayed by the Romanian market. We are known as an innovating company that focuses on clients,” Witold Zielinksi said. ZF