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The Masters and the Crafters, Turning Regulatory Chaos into the Path of Precision  

We all grew up hearing that teamwork is dream work. Years later, when we are building something strong and meaningful, we have realised how true that is.
Just like only one brick cannot build a strong fortress, no castle survives on a single pillar, similarly, with the thought of “in the union of many, each unique, each essential, a structure is formed that can withstand any storm”, we all together built “CITADEL”, a masterpiece shaped by mindful minds with their heart intact.
The strongest pillars that are holding Citadel in the shade of their togetherness.

Vasantha Mohan

Founder and Managing Director  

Vasantha arrived at Citadel after three and a half decades in senior banking compliance roles. Long enough to write global policies. The rules were sound. The tools were not.

She watched compliance teams spend hours on manual reporting, carrying risk because the tools lagged, and the data had outgrown the system. 
Integrity is her constant. Compliance is black and white, there’s no grey and her decisions are held by that belief. At Citadel, she influences Sanctions Screening and Risk Assessment modules to inform the product and business decisions. She enjoys challenging the idea that global AML rules are too fragmented to automate. Local nuances exist, yes, but one thing that she has learned is that compliance must be powerful, but it should also be simple.
Grounding wisdom: Check the rule’s original documents.

It’s a reminder that our authority comes from the law, not industry talk.
Vasantha Mohan

Arjun Mohan

Founder & CEO

Arjun, the CEO of Citadel, saw institutions spending heavily on fragmented technologies that simply didn’t work together and felt like rowing a boat with holes in it. An IT background gave him the nerve to fix it.

Watching a compliance team manually move data between sanctions screening and KYC systems, Arjun realised that what the industry truly needed was an integrated compliance platform, not a patchwork of disconnected tools.  
Scalability is the principle he builds around. If something is worth building, it should survive global growth without being torn apart and rebuilt later. Under the warmth of his leadership and years of experience, the reporting and analytics module functions.
One rule he will not bend is that compliance is never traded for speed.

Grounding wisdom: What’s the easiest way to do this? 

 

Complexity, he believes, is usually optional.

Nandana Venugopal

Product Manager

Nandana moved from environments like SAP and TCS to a high-speed startup for one reason. Impact. Her core skills lie in turning the seed of an idea into a full-grown tree of a product that works at a global level.

Seeing the compliance analyst juggling between different poorly connected programs just to solve one investigation felt like a painstaking effort, like threading needles in a storm.   

Nandana is the link between business goals and the engineering team, and converts the strategy into an impactful, usable feature.

Her strongest influence is in case management, where the compliance team spend most of their time, ensuring a smooth process of investigations, which feels less like navigating a maze and more like following a clear route, enabling cases to be solved twice as fast.
Grounding wisdom: Does this make the compliance analyst’s job easier or harder? 

Building tools that actively prevent financial crime, she believes, is among the most meaningful forms of product work. 
Sridhar Rajam

Sridhar Rajam

Principal Compliance Architect
After three decades in GRC, audit, and compliance. Sridhar saw why most compliance systems fail, because they misunderstood the small, critical details. Serving as the compliance head at a major exchange, which paved the way for him to serve as the unwavering north star of Citadel.
As the subject matter expert in Citadel, he takes paragraphs to conditions, sub-clauses to rules. His strongest imprint is on sanctions screening, particularly delta screening.  
Sridhar believes technology is the map. Systems must allow institutions to adapt without waiting for engineers to rewrite the entire code logic. He actively pushes back on the idea that technology replaces compliance officers. Software accelerates detection. Judgement remains human. Citadel exists to empower expertise, not override it.

Grounding wisdom: Show me the proof.  

 

Using this for every alert, decision, and new rule we build, because every rule built must be backed by solid proof. 

Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

GTM & Alliances Lead
Vijayaraghavan, who gave his 15+ years in banking and sales, saw the same pattern repeat itself: deals slowed, growth stalled, and potential vanished because of compliance issues. Arriving at the Citadel, he realised the sales friction can only be beaten by great technology.
His strength lies in seeing compliance from the client’s side of the table. At Citadel, he leads market strategy and go-to-market execution, focusing on alliances and partnerships. 

He pushes back the idea that compliance software is difficult to sell. In his view, it only becomes hard when the product fails to solve a real problem. Solve something unavoidable, do it well, and demand follows.

Grounding wisdom: Will the new strategy and rules make it simpler for the customer to buy it? 

Because the rules should work for your business, not against it.  
Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
Mithun Bhasker

Mithun Bhasker

Business Development Lead
Mithun’s entry into the Citadel began with a forensic inspection. An unusual starting point for business development, and a useful one. Skills that translate naturally when working with clients in high-risk, highly regulated sectors.
As Business Development Lead, Mithun focuses on understanding a client’s real constraints and recommending the solution without overselling. His forensic training helps him spot trends in prospect data and client behaviour before they become obvious. 
His strongest influence is in KYC and customer onboarding, especially for corporate clients with complex ownership and legal structures. This is often where deals stall. One belief he holds firmly is that growth starts with retention. A client should reach a point where Citadel is essential and irreplaceable.

Grounding wisdom: How does this look from the client’s desk? 

 

Always keep the customer first in every decision. 

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