Rajeev Kakar is the Executive Vice President & Regional CEO, for the Central Europe, Middle East & Africa (CEEMEA) region for Fullerton Financial Holding, a 100% owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, head-quartered in Singapore. In his additional role as the Executive Vice President & Senior Management Committee Member at Fullerton Financial Holdings, Rajeev also heads the Consumer Banking businesses globally for all its Bank & Financial Services Investments and Holdings.

Rajeev is based in the UAE and is also the Executive Director & CEO of Dunia Finance - a joint venture finance company partnered amongst Fullerton Financial Holdings, Mubadala Investment Company, Al Waha Capital and A.A. Al Moosa Enterprises.

Rajeev has more than two decades in the banking industry. Until January 2006, he was formerly the Regional Head & CEO for Citibank's Global Consumer Bank, managing the Turkey, Middle East & Africa region, based out of Dubai.

In 1998, Rajeev started a new greenfield joint venture finance company in India, between Citigroup and Suzuki (Maruti). He ran this highly successful enterprise as its founding Managing Director, on its board, and it's CEO, for over two & a half years.

In 2000, he was designated as the Country Head for Citibank in Egypt, where he launched the Consumer Bank, which then grew to be the leading financial brand in the high potential Egyptian market.

In July 2002, Rajeev transferred to Turkey as Citibank's Cluster Country Head & CEO, for Turkey and Egypt. His role was expanded further and in September 2003, he took on the role as Regional Head & CEO for Citibank, managing the rapidly growing and complex regions comprising of the markets of Turkey, Middle East, Pakistan & Africa.

Rajeev joined Citibank in 1987 in India, after completing a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and his Masters of Business Administration in Marketing & Finance from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad.

In September of 2009, Rajeev received the "CEO of the Year" Award for Financial Services in the Middle East, in recognition of his efforts in establishing Dunia as a pure greenfield operation, amidst the global economic downturn.

Rajeev is a member of the Global Management Board of Fullerton Financial Holdings in Singapore. He is also a member of the Global Advisory Board for University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a Director on the Board of "Fullerton Securities & Wealth Advisors Ltd" and "Fullerton India Credit Corporation", headquartered in India. Between July 2004 & February 2006, Rajeev was also a board member on the CEEMEA Board of Visa.

Tejpal Singh Hora is currently the group head for Risk Management in Fullerton Financial Holdings and has more than 41 years of banking experience, having worked with Citibank for 35 years before joining Fullerton Financial Holdings in October 2003. He was seconded to Bank Danamon Indonesia from October 2003 to February 2005 where he was the Director and Head of Integrated Risk Group. He then returned to Fullerton Financial Holdings in March this year to head the Risk Management function in Fullerton Financial Holdings. Mr. Tejpal Singh Hora has held many senior Risk and Operating positions when he was working with Citibank.

In his career, he has been the Head of Risk for the Private Bank for Asia Pacific, the Head of Risk for most countries in the Asia Pacific for the Corporate and Investment Bank, as well as the Head of Risk for Saudi American Bank, a major affiliate of Citibank. He has lived in 10 countries and has managed risk exposures in over 20 countries. Mr. Tejpal Singh Hora has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Delhi and a Masters in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Shantanu Mitra has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, with about 20 years at Standard Chartered and Citibank where he had stints in India, Singapore and Thailand. His most recent roles at Standard Chartered were as Senior Manager, Business Risk Review for all consumer businesses, and prior to that Senior Regional Risk Officer, India, Middle East & Africa, based in Mumbai. Shantanu began his career at Arthur Young & Co and later Moore Stephens & Co, both chartered accounting firms located in London.

Shantanu holds a Bachelor's degree in Science (Statistics) from the University of Calcutta, India, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales.

Lee Ah Boon brings with him a wealth of experience, having spent over 15 years as a Controller and a Regional Controller in a manufacturing environment and another 20 years in financial services.

After graduating from the University of Singapore with an honours degree in Accountancy, Boon started work as a financial accountant, and later became regional financial controller in large US multi-national manufacturing companies, such as National Semiconductor Pte Ltd and Data General Ltd.

He joined Citibank in 1990 and served in a variety of roles in the Consumer Bank in Singapore. These included CFO, Senior Operations Officer, Head of the Credit Card business and finally Business Manager of the Consumer Bank, guiding it through a period of growth, profitability and winning plaudits for service, branding and innovation. In 1998, Boon was awarded the prestigious National Productivity Award for innovation and service in the financial industry. Boon was later asked in 2005 to start up Citibank's Consumer Business in China, and successfully secured the RMB licence, increased staffing to 600, the number of branches from 4 to 25, and its presence from 3 cities to 8.

Boon later returned to Singapore as Regional Operations Head, before joining Barclays Bank in early 2009 as International Technology Head for its Global Retail and Commercial Bank businesses. In this role, he supported Barclays International Retail and Commercial Banking in their application software implementation and maintenance and was also responsible for building up and safeguarding the intellectual capital for the company. In conjunction with his responsibilities, the Barclays technology units in Singapore, India and China with a staff strength of over 2,000 reported into him.