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10 Citi partnerships leaders
These ten current and former Citi partnerships leaders have held director, head and managing director roles in strategic partnerships, partner programs and business development at the company. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at Citi from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Colm Donnelly
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Head of Partnerships and Digital Lending Transformation - Citi Commercial Bank · Citi
Managing Director, Head of Partnerships and Digital Lending Transformation for Citi Commercial Bank since December 2024, based in London. At Citi they were also a Director in Citi Commercial Bank (2016–2025) and SVP, Senior Manager - Global Lending, Commercial Banking (2013–2015).
Erika Burke
LinkedInExperience: Director, Strategic Partnerships and Relationship Management · Citi
Director, Strategic Partnerships and Relationship Management at Citi since June 2025, in U.S. Consumer Cards according to their profile. Before Citi they were Director, Enterprise Client Partnerships at Bread Financial (2022–2025).
Jeff Smith
LinkedInExperience: Director, Head of Fintech Partnerships, Global Business Development · Citi
Former Director, Head of Fintech Partnerships, Global Business Development at Citi (2020–2023), where their profile says they led fintech partnership efforts within the U.S. Consumer Bank, after serving as Director, Global Head of Open Innovation, Citi FinTech (2017–2020). They have since held strategic partnerships roles at Skipify, most recently EVP, Strategic Partnerships since February 2026.
Mian See (See Mian)
LinkedInExperience: Head of Partnerships & Alliances · Citi
Head of Partnerships & Alliances at Citi since February 2025, based in Singapore. Earlier at Citi they were Head of Strategic Alliance (2020–2025), where their profile says they led a team growing new-to-bank high-net-worth clients from EMEA and APAC, and worked in strategic alliances from 2017 to 2020.
Ray Shun
LinkedInExperience: Director, eCommerce Business Development and Partnerships · Citi
Director, eCommerce Business Development and Partnerships at Citi since January 2024, based in Singapore, and in digital ecosystem sales, business development and partnership there since June 2021. Before Citi they were Head of Cash Product Management Singapore, Transaction Banking at Standard Chartered (2004–2019).
Ryan Struthers
LinkedInExperience: Director, Headof Network Partnerships · Citi
Director, Head of Network Partnerships at Citi since August 2026, and also Senior Vice President of Global Network Partnerships there since July 2021. Earlier at Citi they were Vice President of Global Business Development (2018–2021), and before that held consumer lending strategy and business transformation roles at American Express (2014–2018).
Sara Sollors
LinkedInExperience: Director of Business Development & Partnerships · Citi
Director of Business Development & Partnerships at Citi since October 2024, based in London. Before Citi they were Head of EU Business Development at Amazon (2023–2024), Head of EMEA Investor Partnerships at Stripe (2022–2023) and Executive Director - Banking Transformation at J.P. Morgan (2018–2022).
Stephen Osei-Kufuor
LinkedInExperience: Director of Strategic Partnerships - US Personal Banking · Citi
Director of Strategic Partnerships - US Personal Banking at Citi since October 2023. At Citi they were also Director - Global Business Development - Payments & Lending (2022–2024), and they held digital partnerships roles at JPMorganChase (2019–2021).
Tamar Yanushevsky Naaman
LinkedInExperience: Head of AI Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem · Citi
Head of AI Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem at Citi since May 2026. Earlier at Citi they were Global COO at Citi Innovation Labs (2023–2026) and Global Head of Program Management and Client Engagement of Innovation Labs (2021–2023).
Vartika Ambwani
LinkedInExperience: Head of Strategic Partnerships & Partner Programs · Citi
Head of Strategic Partnerships & Partner Programs at Citi since January 2024. Their profile describes them as a strategic partnerships and go-to-market leader who builds scalable partnerships, co-sell motions and joint go-to-market strategies. Before Citi they were Executive Director, FinTech at Silicon Valley Bank (2018–2023).
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Match the person's business line and region to your question, such as commercial banking, consumer cards, personal banking or payments networks. Check whether the role is current or former and when they held it, since that sets which period of the bank's work they can speak to.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a global bank decide which fintechs or technology companies to partner with rather than build or buy?
- 02What does a company need to have in place before a large bank will sign a partnership agreement?
- 03How do partnerships teams at a large bank work with risk, compliance and product teams to launch a partner program?
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