Somnath Menon
Somnath Menon
Somnath Menon
Chief Operations Officer, Ahli Bank Kuwait

Mr. Menon is currently the Group COO at Ahli Bank Kuwait.

He has over 35 years experience in various banking disciplines and across multiple geographies. 

He started his career as a Management Trainee with a public sector bank in India and then joined Citibank N.A. where he worked for around 20 years in India, Nigeria, Poland, and United Kingdom, besides stints in Asia and the U.S. 

He moved from the UK to the Middle East in 2005 with Mashreq Bank UAE, as Group Head of Operations and Technology. During his tenure the bank undertook several transformational changes, including third party outsourcing and implementation of core banking and other best in class technologies.

Mr. Menon holds a Master’s degree in Change Management from the UK and has successfully completed his AMP from Oxford University, UK.