Sumanta Panigrahi

Managing Director - Export & Agency Finance, Americas at Citi

Sumanta Panigrahi is the Region Head of Export & Agency Finance product (EAF), Americas. Based in New York, he leads a team delivering Official Agency supported structured financing solutions for Citi clients in the Americas region, as well as managing Citi's programs with the leading official agencies in the region, including World Bank Group, US EXIM Bank, DFIs and DFC.

Until recently, Sumata was based in Hong Kong as the Asia Region Head for Trade & Working Capital Solutions, including EAF. He led a team responsible for short tenor Trade Finance Solutions and for long tenor Export & Agency Finance solutions working with Asian Official Agencies (namely, Korean ECAs, Chinese ECAs, EFA, AIIB and ADB) for their co-financing, guarantee and credit support programs.

Sumanta joined Citi India in September 2000 and has worked in the Export & Agency finance business across Mumbai, London and Hong Kong. He has led transactions for clients in a variety of industries, including shipping, offshore oil & gas, energy projects, telecommunication, renewable energy and aviation financing.

Prior to joining Citi, Sumanta worked at SBI Capital Markets Ltd. and Tata Steel, in India.

Sumanta has a Master in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India, and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology, India.