Suma Chakrabarti

Sir Suma Chakrabarti
President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
In office
3 July 2012  July 2020
Preceded byThomas Mirow
Succeeded byJürgen Rigterink (Acting)
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice
In office
December 2007  2012
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
David Cameron
MinisterJack Straw
Ken Clarke
Preceded byAlex Allan
Succeeded byUrsula Brennan
Personal details
Born1959 (age 6566)
Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
NationalityBritish, originally Indian
Alma materUniversity of Oxford

Sir Sumantra "Suma" Chakrabarti KCB (born 1959) is a British former civil servant who served as president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from July 2012 to July 2020. He was previously the highest ranking Indian in Britain's civil service, serving as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery from late 2007 until 2012.