New regional head for Citi TTS

Citi has appointed Ebru Pakcan as head of Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) for the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. She takes over the role from Rajesh Mehta, who was recently named regional head of TTS for Asia-Pacific. Reporting to Jim Cowles, EMEA chief executive (CEO), and Naveed Sultan, global head of TTS, Pakcan will be responsible for leading and developing the EMEA TTS franchise and driving business throughout the region.

Prior to her new role, Pakcan was global head of TTS Payments and Receivables. She joined Citi in 1997 as an IT project manager in Turkey and in 1999 was appointed head of IT project management for the country. In 2000, her role expanded to include operations and technology projects for Turkey. In 2001, she became head of custody and glearing for Global Transaction Services (GTS), based in Istanbul. In 2004, Pakcan moved to London and became GTS EMEA head of cash management implementation and in 2008 she was appointed EMEA head of payments. She holds a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul.