Citi India Appoints Sumeet Dubey as Vice President – Human Resources

Citi India has strengthened its HR leadership team with the appointment of Sumeet Dubey as Vice President – Human Resources, bringing more than 14 years of experience across human resources, talent management, employee experience and organisational development.

Dubey’s career has spanned financial services, technology and professional services, with experience in building people strategies, supporting business transformation and managing employee-focused initiatives across diverse organisations.

From HR transformation to business partnering

Before joining Citi India, Dubey was associated with Yubi, where he served as an HR Business Partner Leader between April 2025 and May 2026. His role involved partnering with business teams on people-related priorities and strengthening HR support across the organisation.

Prior to Yubi, Dubey spent close to four years with HighRadius, where his responsibilities expanded from Employee Experience Partner to Senior Manager – People & Culture. During his tenure, he worked with global functions and HR advisory teams supporting a workforce of around 1,200 employees.

His experience at HighRadius covered several critical areas of people management, including employee relations, HR policy, compliance and POSH initiatives. He was also involved in organisation-wide programmes covering restructuring, return-to-office planning, performance management, internal mobility and talent engagement.

According to the reported outcomes from his tenure, these initiatives contributed to a 7% reduction in top-talent attrition and a 45-basis-point improvement in Client NPS.

A career across financial services and technology

Dubey’s experience in financial services also includes more than four years with SBI Card, where he progressed from Manager – HR to Senior Manager – HR. His role added further depth to his experience in HR business partnering and people management within the financial services sector.

Earlier in his career, he worked with Videocon as a Talent Management Specialist, focusing on areas such as performance management and organisational development. He also held an HR role at Vijay Engineering & Machinery, where he worked across recruitment, learning and development, performance management, employee policies and engagement initiatives.

His early professional experience includes a stint with Gratitude India, where he worked in client servicing and recruitment delivery while managing a team of around 60 recruiters. He began his HR journey with Reliance Heavy Industries, gaining exposure to learning and development.

Bringing a broad people agenda to Citi India

Across these roles, Dubey has developed expertise spanning HR business partnering, talent strategy, employee experience, organisational development, performance management, workforce planning and HR transformation.

His experience also reflects a combination of strategic and operational HR exposure — from designing people programmes and supporting organisational change to working closely with employees, managers and business leaders.

For Citi India, the appointment adds an HR professional with experience across both established financial-services organisations and fast-growing technology businesses. His background in employee experience, talent and organisational transformation could support the organisation’s broader people priorities as workforce expectations and business requirements continue to evolve.

Strengthening Citi India’s people leadership

Dubey’s appointment comes with a career that combines financial-services expertise with technology-sector exposure, giving him a diverse perspective on people management and organisational change.

With experience ranging from HR advisory and talent management to workforce transformation and employee engagement, his move to Citi India marks another step in his progression into senior HR leadership.

The appointment further strengthens Citi India’s people function as organisations across financial services continue to place greater emphasis on talent retention, employee experience, leadership capability and workforce transformation.