Al Rayan Bank Plc named Venkat Chandrasekar COO.

Chandrasekar worked with Citibank for 13 years, most recently as head of its European operations for international personal banking and wealth management business in London.

He will be based in Birmingham and will report to Sultan Choudhury, CEO of Al Rayan Bank.

Al Rayan Bank is a unit of Qatar-based Masraf Al Rayan (Q.S.C.)