Sekhar Rao, aged 54 Years, a post graduate in Business Administration and a BE (Chemical), who has 29+ years of overall work experience across various sectors such as Banking, Information Technology, Payment and Settlement Products, Business Management, Strategy & Operations, of which 19 years in the BFSI sector. He also has an experience of 10+ years in CXO roles reporting to MD & CEO and Board Committees.

His areas of experience include setting up and managing centralized operation units and technology teams, consulting for projects in business strategy and banking operation, managing the digital/alternate channels of Banks, setting up of new business verticals, distribution channels, branch network expansion, managing large network of Branches & Business Units and setting up and scaling a Fintech start-up.

Prior to joining our Bank, he has been associated with a fintech - Savvy India as the co-founder and a director from April 2020. He was also associated with CSB bank Ltd as the Head – Operations & IT for about six years. Earlier, he has worked with RBL Bank Ltd, ING Vysya Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd., Asian Paints (I) Ltd., Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd., (now Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd) in various capacities. Sekhar Rao is on our Board as the Executive Director w.e.f. 1 February 2023.