Bob Annibale leads Citi’s commercial
relationships with microfinance institutions, networks and investors
working across businesses and geographies to expand access to financial
services in underserved communities. He also manages Citi’s partnerships
with global, national and local organizations to support community
development programs focused on responsible finance through financial
capability and asset building; neighborhood preservation and
revitalization; access to college education; and small business and
microenterprise development.
Since joining Citi in 1982, Bob has held a number of
senior treasury, risk and corporate positions in Athens, Bahrain, Kenya,
London and New York. He has served on many external boards and councils,
including the Board of Advisors for the United Nations Commission on
Legal Empowerment of the Poor. He currently is a member of the Advisory
Council of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of
London and the Policy Committee of the Centre for the Study of African
Economies at the University of Oxford. He represents Citi on the Board
of the Microfinance Information Exchange, the Council of Microfinance
Equity Funds, the Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP)
Network, the Microfinance Network and the Executive Committee of CGAP
(World Bank).
Bob completed his BA degrees in History and Political
Science at Vassar College, in New York, and his Masters Degree in
African Studies (History) at the University of London, School of
Oriental and African Studies.
