Suresh Chaytoo

Head: Global Financial Institutions Coverage

Suresh Chaytoo heads FirstRand Bank’s International Financial Institutions business which includes relationships with Development Financial Institutions and Multilateral agencies.

Suresh joined FirstRand Bank in January 2011 as Regional Head of Financial Institutions for Africa and Latin America with

the responsibility for supporting FirstRand Bank’s strategic business expansion in Africa.

He was appointed as Sector Director to head the business in 2013.

Suresh Chaytoo is South African born and began his career at FirstRand in 1989 as part of the bank’s undergraduate trainee program.

Prior to 2011, his previous assignments during his 20+ year career in banking include tenures as Regional Head of Financial Institutions (Middle East and Africa) for ICICI Bank Limited in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Head of Channel Finance at Citi South Africa.

Suresh has held various positions within Structured Trade Finance and Corporate and Investment Banking during his career.

He holds an MBA, a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a CAIB (SA) qualification from the Institute of Bankers in South Africa. He is the past President of the South Africa – Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and represents FirstRand on various client advisory boards.