Management Team

Mr. Rajan Singh Bhandari (Chief Executive Officer)

Mr. Rajan Singh Bhandari, a Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and M.A (Economics) from Tribhuvan University, served Nepal Rastra Bank for 26 years (June 1980 to December 2006) and headed various departments such as Banking Regulation, Bank Supervision, Kathmandu Banking Office, Accounts, Internal Audit etc. He was a key player in leading and coordinating Financial Sector Reform Program of Nepal which included re-engineering of Nepal Rastra Bank and restructuring of two state owned Commercial Banks and the capacity building of the financial system. He was also responsible in formulating and introducing various prudential norms and directives in the history of Nepalese Banking System.



Mr. Ganesh Raj Pokharel (Assistant General Manager- Operations / Company Secretary)

Mr. Ganesh Raj Pokharel is a well known individual in the management field. He sounds very competent as he has a wide range of knowledge and educational qualification that includes MBA (Marketing), B.L. (Banking) and eMBA (Finance). He started his professional career with Management Association of Nepal (July 1995 to January 2007) and also held the responsibility of Executive Director for six years during his tenure. He has also served as a Principal of Management Development Campus for EMBA program. He has been actively involved and serving in this organization, Citizens Bank International Limited since its inception. He also has a vast experience in organizing training programs, talk programs, various researches and consultancy works.



Mr. Bodh Raj Devkota (Cheif Credit Officer)

Mr. Bodh Raj Devkota, an MBA (finance) from Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur started his Banking career from Nepal Bank Limited as a Deputy Manager. He served Nepal Bank Limited from December 1994 to March 2007. Prior to joining Citizens Bank International Ltd he was Head of Relationship Management Division (Corporate/SME Business) where his key responsibilities were to approve credits, monitoring and supervision of Corporate/SME credit portfolio. He has been serving in Citizens Bank International Ltd. with its inception.




Mr. Ramdhan Shrestha (Chief Finance Officer-General Administration, Finance and IT)

Mr. Ramdhan Shrestha was associated with Nepal Rastra Bank where he served for 29 years and his area of expertise is in supervision of financial institutions, personnel administration etc.








Mr.Kamal Bikram Singh (Senior Manager)

Mr. Singh started his banking career with Nepal Bank Limited, from 1962 and headed various Branches and Departments. In 1986 he joined Nepal Indosuez Bank Ltd. (presently Nepal Investment Bank Limited), a foreign collaboration with Banque Indosuez Paris (French Management), in the capacity of Senior Manager where his responsibility was handling Operation Department, Deposit Marketing and Human Resource Department. He has extreme expertise in Deposit Marketing and is responsible for the major deposits to the Bank.





Managers and Departmental Heads

  • Samir Prasad Dahal - Executive Operating Officer-Operation Department
  • Paras Kumar Kafle - Deputy Manager-Corporate Credit Banking Unit/SME
  • Umang Sharma - Head - SME Banking Unit
  • Sanjeev Kumar Shrestha - Head -Information Technology Department
  • Gobind Prasad Upadhyay-Chief Credit Risk/Recovery Officer-Credit Risk/ Recovery Department
  • Sumit Babu Khatri - Deputy Manager-Corporate Credit Banking Unit/SME
  • Suman Mulepati - Head-Consumer Banking Unit Including Fast Track Loan
  • Amit Khanal - Head-Credit Risk (Corporate Credit Banking Unit/SME) Department
  • Akhil Devkota - Head -Trade & Credit Administration Department
  • Narayan Raj Adhikari - Head-Credit Risk(Consumer Banking Unit Including Fast Track Loan) Department
  • Roshan Manandhar - Operation In-charge – Operation Department
  • Manisha Karna - Head-Recovery(CCBU/SME & CBU Including Fast Track Loan) Department
  • Tulashi Raj Rijal - Head-Internal Audit Department
  • Bijay Kumar Yadav - Head-Risk Management Department
  • Shrijana Nepal - Human Resource Officer-Human Resource Department
  • Angish Shrestha - Head-Treasury Front Office/Agency Department
  • Bhupendra Bista - Head -General Service Department
  • Tripti Shah - Head - Card Department
  • Jyoti Pokharel - Head Remittance