SINGAPORE, May 26 (Reuters) - Citigroup ( C/PN ) has

appointed Prashant Thakker head of the corporate bank for South-

and Southeast Asia, according to an internal memo.

The appointment as head of Asia South Corporate Bank is

effective immediately, the memo seen by Reuters on Monday

showed. Citi's Asia South markets comprise India, Indonesia,

Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh

and Sri Lanka.

Thakker will oversee the business strategy, financial

performance, talent development and execution for Citi's Asia

South Corporate Bank across local corporate, financial

institution, public sector and global network banking

businesses, the memo showed.

A Citi spokesperson confirmed the contents of the memo.

Thakker, who joined Citi in 2007 as a banker in India and

moved to Hong Kong in 2013, currently heads Citi's Capital

Management for Japan, Asia North and Australia and Asia South

and will relocate to Singapore, according to the memo.

He will report to Jason Rekate and John Chirico, both Global

Co-Heads of Corporate Banking, and Amol Gupte, Head of Asia

South Cluster, the memo showed.

(Reporting by Yantoultra Ngui; Editing by Muralikumar

Anantharaman)