Starting 1 June 2013, Batara Sianturi becomes both Citi country officer and cluster head for the Philippines/Guam coverage. He replaces Sanjiv Vohra who is moving back to India. Vohra has led Citi Philippines since November 2005 and has been with the company for 26 years. It is not yet known what Vohra will be doing after leaving Citi Philippines. The India operations remain under the leadership of Pramit Jhaveri.

As CCO, Sianturi will be in charge of all businesses across the franchise. He will also serve as the face of Citi to key stakeholders in the country and across the global network. He reports to Michael Zink, ASEAN head of Citi country officer for Singapore.

At present, Sianturi is the CCO for Hungary and cluster head of Hungary and 12 other countries in the Balkan and Baltic regions in Central Eastern Europe. He joined Citi Indonesia in 1988 and has held a number of roles within the consumer audit, operations and finance divisions.

Citi is the first bank in the Philippines to offer wealth management services to high net worth clients via the Citigold brand. It has six branches in the country under the Citibank Philippines name and 22 branches under Citibank Savings.