Nisha Surendran heads Digital Asset Custody at Citi Investor Services, where she’s working on expanding Citi’s market-leading custody proposition to cover digital assets.

In her prior role as the Digital Asset Emerging Solutions lead at Citi Ventures, Nisha worked on building innovative solutions leveraging digital assets and tokenization, with a primary focus on private markets.

Prior to her move to lead Digital Asset Custody, Nisha led Citi’s cross business work on tokenized pre-IPO shares earlier this year, in partnership with the Swiss Digital Exchange. Nisha also led Citi’s fund tokenization proof of concept in 2024.

A computer-science engineer by background, Nisha has a strong interest in technology and product development. She combines this with her banking background and commercial focus. Apart from her engineering degree, Nisha also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India.