Leon Kalvaria

Leon Kalvaria is a member of Citi's Banking Operating Team, and Citi’s Private Equity Investment Oversight Committee. Previously, he was Chairman of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group. Before that, he was Global Head of Consumer and Healthcare Investment Banking. Prior to Citigroup, Leon served as Vice Chairman and a Director of Triarc Companies, an investment company, and as Managing Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Credit Suisse First Boston. Leon was also a pioneer in the interest rate swap market at First Boston and a founding member of ISDA. Leon has advised numerous Chief Executive Officers and Boards of Directors in some of the largest and most complex global mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and public offerings. Leon received his BA from Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Heineken Family Council.