Board Member Profile

Kathleen M. Gibson
President Central Division - US Commercial Banking
Citibank

Kathleen Gibson joined Citi in November 2006, as Head of Citibank Texas Commercial and President Citibank Texas. She was named President of the Central Division, Commercial Banking, during 2007, with responsibility for Citi’s Commercial Business from Texas to Illinois.

Prior to joining Citi, Kathleen spent 25 years with Bank of America and its predecessor banks, where she held various leadership roles in Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking and Asset Management. She ran the Southwest Strategies and North Texas Commercial businesses for Bank of America during 2003 to 2006, and served as President of Bank of America, Dallas, during that time. From 2000 to 2003, she held various roles in Private Banking and Asset Management including Dallas Market Executive, Southwest Region President, National Trust Executive, and Asset Management Group Risk Executive. From 1998 until 2000, she was Managing Director responsible for the Southwest Diversified Industries Group for Banc of America Securities. From 1991 until 1998, Ms. Gibson had responsibility for Cross Border Structured Finance and Project Finance origination activities in the Western U.S. During the ten years prior to 1991, Ms. Gibson held lending and management positions within the Corporate Bank, with various assignments managing corporate clients in the Southwest, Midwest and West Coast regions.

Born in Texas, Ms. Gibson lived several early years in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, and attended school at Southern Methodist University in Oxford and in Russia.

Ms. Gibson has been active in many community organizations since moving to Dallas in 1981. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Children’s Medical Center, the Dallas Regional Chamber, the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations, and The Association of Former Students at Texas A&M. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for Southwestern Medical Foundation. Kathleen is married to Robert Gibson, and is the mother of two daughters, Catherine, 20, and Sarah, 16.