Emily Turner

Emily Turner is the head of Business Development for Citi’s Institutional Clients Group (ICG). In this role, she is responsible for defining and articulating the ICG growth strategy; leading work with external partners to explore new opportunities for growth and to create new competitive advantages; driving ICG’s innovation efforts; and, coordinating ICG’s existing venture capital investing activities. Emily and her team work closely with Citi’s Global Consumer Bank, Citi’s Corporate Strategy team, Citi’s Control Functions and Citi Ventures. Emily is a member of the ICG management team.

Previously, Emily was the head of Citi Ventures UK and co-led Citi’s internal growth engine, D10X. In this role, she spearheaded efforts to identify, validate and launch new growth opportunities across the ICG. Leveraging the principles of Corporate Entrepreneurship and Lean Startup, she focused on corporate innovation to solve for clients’ needs and was closely involved in the launches of CitiConnect® for Blockchain and ProxymitySM.

Emily joined Citi Ventures in 2016 from Citi’s Markets and Securities Services group, where she held multiple roles in Client Strategy, Client Management and Business Development. Prior to Citi, Emily worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in London and she has a depth of experience in financial services through her previous roles at Merrill Lynch, ABN Amro and UBS.