Atul Tandon (born 1 October 1959) is a nonprofit executive, entrepreneur, humanitarian and author.

Atul Tandon
Born (1959-10-01) 1 October 1959 (age 65)
Occupation(s)CEO, Opportunity International United States
SpouseBirage Tandon
ChildrenKarman Tandon
Sara Tandon

From the Daryaganj to Wall Street

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Tandon moved to the United States in 1992. He played a role in turning around Citibank's West Coast businesses in the mid-1990s. His work pioneered customer-centered relationship banking and led to his involvement with Citibank's Web 1.0 initiatives. He led corporate-wide sales culture and technology change. During Tandon's tenure as Sr. Vice President and Global Branch Distribution Director at Citibank, the bank grew its global consumer networks to more than 146 million accounts with $5.3 billion in income with a presence in 101 countries.[1]

Humanitarian relief and involvement with World Vision and the ONE Campaign

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Tandon poses for a photo with civilians in Darfur. 1 October 2004.

Tandon was one of the leading voices behind the Better Safer World campaign, which later joined together with Bono's DATA organization to birth the ONE campaign in the United States seeking to build awareness and enthusiasm among Americans to address issues of global poverty.[2] In addition, Tandon was a member of World Vision International's executive team providing operational leadership to the international World Vision partnership that runs community development, relief and advocacy projects in nearly 100 countries with 35,000 staff and an annual income of approx. $2.6 billion.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Changing Hearts One at a Time, Christian Leadership Alliance, March 2009.
  2. ^ Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University, 1 December 2005.
  3. ^ WVI 2009 Online Annual Review Archived 22 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.