Mickey Bhatia
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Global Head | Spread Products
New York, US
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Mickey Bhatia is the Global Head of Spread Products at Citi. Mickey has built a strong reputation in the financial space and has held numerous roles with Citi since being recruited by the firm to build its Global Correlation Trading business from London.
As part of the Markets division within Citi, Spread Products (SP) provides capital and liquidity to Citi clients through innovative financing solutions and secondary trading across corporate credit, consumer credit, residential and commercial real estate, transportation and securitized markets. During his tenure as Head and Co-Head of GSP, Mickey integrated and built the division into a market-leading business consisting of 1,000+ employees globally. Currently, he oversees all functions related to corporate and emerging market bonds, asset backed and mortgage-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and more.
Mickey previously held various roles at Citi, with a focus on global products and securitized markets. As Co-Head of Global Credit & Securitized Markets, he led a global team of more than 750 employees and built the foundation for the formation of the Global Spread Products business, with a focus on strong risk management protocols. From 2007 to 2017, he served as Head of Global Structured Credit, where he was responsible for the credit financing business and the structuring and trading of all structured credit products globally. Prior to joining Citi, Mickey led the Flow Credit Correlation Trading and North American Credit Correlation Trading at Deutsche Bank and held various VP roles in credit and structured finance at J.P. Morgan.
Mickey holds a Ph.D. in Radiological Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an MS in Biomedical Engineering from Rutgers University and a B. Tech. Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India.
The Record
Background
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2020 — Present
Global Head | Spread Products
Citi
The Global Spread Products division provides capital to Citi clients through liquidity and innovative solutions across the credit and securitized markets. Mickey also served as Co-Head of Global Spread Products (2018-2020) and Co-Head of Global Credit & Securitized Markets (2017 – 2018), where his work provided the foundation for the creation of the GSP business.
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2007 — 2017
Head | Global Structured Credit
Citi
As Head of Global Structured Credit, Mickey's many leadership responsibilities included the credit financing business and structuring and trading of all structured credit products globally.
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2003 — 2006
Credit Derivative Trading
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG is a global investment bank and financial services company, present in 58 countries with a large presence in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. During his time at Deutsche Bank, Mickey served as Global Head, Flow Credit Correlation Trading (2005 – 2006, London) and Co-Head of North American Credit Correlation Trading (2003 – 2005, NY).
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1994 — 2003
Vice President
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan is a leader in financial services, offering solutions to clients in over 100 countries with one of the most comprehensive global product platforms available. Mickey held various Vice President roles during his tenure at J.P. Morgan in the credit, trading, structured finance and risk management divisions.
In The News
Newsfeed
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1 May 2026 · Bloomberg
Citi's Bhatia Warns of Private Credit 'Tourists' Forced to Sell
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22 April 2026 · Bloomberg
Global Capital Markets: What Comes Next
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26 October 2023 · Businesswire
Arteria AI Announces $30m Series B Led By GGV Capital U.S.
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23 April 2023 · Business Wire
Built Technologies Secures Investment From Citi
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14 April 2023 · Fintech Global
Real estate finance software developer Built Technologies gets Citi backing
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17 June 2022 · Traders Magazine
Octaura to Launch Electronic Trading Platform for Leveraged Finance and Structured Credit
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Formative Years
Education
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
B. Tech. | Electrical Engineering
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Rutgers University
M.S. | Biomedical Engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Ph.D. | Radiological Sciences
Areas Of Focus