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JAMES MORRIS
ISABELLE GUIS
SIMONA COVALIU
ESFIRA ZAKAS

“ James is an experienced banking leader with a proven track record of leading high-performance teams across multiple sectors and geographies ”

TASNIM GHIAWADWALA , HEAD OF CITI COMMERCIAL BANK
JAMES MORRIS
JOB FROM : HEAD OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES , BARCLAYS
JOB TO : HEAD OF COMMERCIAL BANK , UK , CITIGROUP
Citigroup has appointed James Morris as its Head of Commercial Bank UK . He will start at the end of the month , September 30 , after leaving his 25-year career at Barclays where he most recently served as UK Head of Business and Professional Services for large corporate banking .
In his role , he will report to Head of Citi Commercial Bank , Tasnim Ghiawadwala , and the division ’ s UK banking head , Tiina Lee .
The appointment comes as part of Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser ’ s turnaround plan , as the bank seeks to boost its profits .
ISABELLE GUIS
JOB FROM : GLOBAL CMO & CEO OF NORTH AMERICA , BREVO
JOB TO : CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER , TEMENOS
Isabelle Guis has joined Temenos as its new Chief Marketing Officer and member of the Executive Committee . She will report to CEO Jean-Pierre Brulard , and lead Temenos ’ go-to-market product and solutions positioning as well as demand generation and marketing communications activities .
SIMONA COVALIU
JOB FROM : VP RISK AND COMPLIANCE , MAMBU
JOB TO : CHIEF RISK OFFICER , PAYU GPO
As PayU GPO ’ s new Chief Risk Officer , Simona Covaliu brings over 18 years of experience to the role , with a background at various global companies including Booking . com , Uber and most recently Mambu . In her new role , Simona will work with PayU GPO ’ s privacy , compliance , risk and security teams .
ESFIRA ZAKAS
JOB FROM : HEAD OF MARKETING , PAYABL
JOB TO : CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER , PAYABL
Esfira Zakas has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer at leading paytech company Payabl . With previous experience working at Neste , Omniva and Tesonet , Esfira has more than tripled the size of Payabl .’ s internal marketing function and led a company rebrand .
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