Vanessa Colella is the Chief Innovation Officer for Citi and leads the Citi Ventures and Citi Productivity teams. Citi Ventures is committed to charting the unknown in a world of unprecedented change and disruption. We invest in innovative startups, and we work with our colleagues, clients, and the innovation ecosystem to experiment with next-generation technologies.

Vanessa's goal is to accelerate and discover new sources of value by championing innovation so that Citi can compete more effectively in a world of technological, behavioral, and societal change. The Citi Ventures team drives innovation by exploring, incubating, and investing in new ideas and partnering with category-defining startups to help people, businesses and communities thrive. She's an expert in corporate development, strategic partnerships, mobile payments, emerging payments, entrepreneurship, education, venture capital, and marketing.

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