Michel Sawaya

Michel Sawaya was appointed as the Citi Country Officer of Citi Bahrain with effect from 5 th of May 2021.

Prior to this appointment and since March 2016 Michel was the CCO and Head of Corporate Banking for Citi Lebanon He joined Citi in October 1995 as part of a team responsible for the reestablishment of the franchise in the country Since that time, he has held several positions in Operations Technology and Internal Controls before moving to Treasury Trade Solutions in June 2006 he expanded that role to become Head of TTS for Levant Cluster in 2010 In 2013 Michel was appointed as Head of Corporate Banking He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the American University of Beirut.

As part of Michel’s community involvement, he is a Board Member at the American Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain and a board member at the Bahrain International School Association.

Michel is married to Corinne Sakr and they have 3 girls Celine, Karen and Sophia.