Vidur Varma

Vidur is a Teaching Fellow at LBS and has been teaching since 2019. He teaches the Wealth Management and Equity Investment Management electives for the master’s programs and Personal Finance core subject for Master’s in Financial Analysis program.

He is the co-Academic Director for 'Strategic Investment Management' executive education open course. He has designed and co-teaches the new course 'Leading the Family Office'. He has designed the new Global Experience week to India on Climate Finance for Mar 2026.

Vidur frequently teaches on ESG & Sustainable investing, Capital Markets, Hedge Funds & Liquid Alternatives, Technology trends, Crypto and Real Estate investing, in other elective courses, and for Executive Education.

As a practitioner, he brings together his experience and knowledge of the markets and business, to connect the dots between market events, academic concepts, current trends, and the future.

Vidur has worked extensively with wealthy families and family offices to help them with strategies to manage portfolios, intergenerational wealth transfer, set up & run family office, develop & execute investment strategies, identify external managers, invest in alternatives, manage risk, set up governance structure, understand & adapt to market changes & technology evolution, train the younger generation on wealth, and helping build family legacy.

Vidur has 24 years’ experience in banking and financial services - wealth management, investments, consumer banking, insurance, FX, and payments; across private clients, affluent & mass affluent customer segments, and has worked in UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He has worked for 22 years in Citibank, and his last role at Citibank was as the Head of Wealth Management for Citibank UK and Citi International Personal Bank EMEA (offshore banking), covering P&L, strategy, product management, investment advisory, leading client facing specialist & advisory teams.

As a global banker his expertise is in:

• Business management in a complex, multi-jurisdictional legal & regulatory environment, across economic cycles, growing & transforming business, governance & risk management and driving financial performance.

• Developing & launching value propositions, go-to market strategy, developing client insights framework

• Product & business launch, product & portfolio management, product innovation, design & development

• Business transformation, digital/ mobile-first strategy & implementation, expense management, process redesign, implementing technology & digital projects

• Investment advisory, asset allocation strategies, asset management, fund selection, research communication, client risk assessment & engagement framework

Vidur has been on the UK Finance – Personal Finance committee (Jul-17 to Jun-18), and prior to that on British Bankers Association – Personal Products and Services’ committee (Jan-15 to Jun-17). He has also been the Chair of Citibank Consumer CASS Sub Committee for Client Assets (Jun-13 to Dec-16). During his career he has extensively presented at industry conference, client events, panel discussions and appeared on CNBC.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics) and M.B.A. (Finance) from University of Pune, India. He has held numerous market/ regulatory certifications for investments through his career.

Vidur left Citibank in mid-2018 and became a yoga teacher. He has been teaching yoga since then, with a focus on physical and mental well-being, managing stress, finding your purpose, building resilience, and achieving full potential.