Victor Menezes retired as a Senior Vice Chairman of Citigroup after a 32-year global career with the company. He served previously as Chairman and CEO of Citibank. He was head of Citi’s Emerging Markets business with responsibility for its corporate and consumer businesses and global product responsibility for e-Business and Global Securities Services. He has headed Citi’s businesses and lived in India, Hong Kong/China, Europe and the U.S.

He was born in Pune, India on 14 May 1949,[2] the son of Manuel Menezes, who was the chairman of the Indian Railway Board. His younger brother Ivan Menezes is CEO of Diageo.

He received his degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1970. He received an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1972. In 1972, he joined Citicorp in Corporate Banking. 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. Victor Menezes is Senior Advisor of New Silk Route, an international private equity firm. Mr. Menezes is a board member of the MIT Corporation, Catholic Charities, and Eisenhower Fellowships, and he serves on the Advisory Boards of IIT Bombay and INSEAD. He served on the board of Educational Testing Service (ETS) and is Chairman Emeritus of the American India Foundation and a Trustee Emeritus of the Asia Society.