FIMMDA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Head of Markets for Citi South Asia
- Managing Director, Head of Markets, - South Asia, Citi Bank / Aditya
Bagree is the Head of Markets for Citi South Asia and Interim Country Treasurer, Citi India
As Head of Markets for Citi South Asia, Aditya is responsible for delivering on strategic initiatives and business plans for Citi's clients across the Markets products and services, leading senior regulatory and client relationships for Markets in the region and establishing a strong risk management discipline and culture. He is also now part of the Citi Leadership Team for India as well as the Asia Pacific Markets Operating Committee.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director Head of Treasury - IDBI Bank
Mr. Arun Kumar Bansal , Executive Director Head of Treasury-IDBI Bank has experience of 31 years in the Banking Industry. Previously he was worked in Indian Bank as General Manager CFO and has rich experience in Finance, Treasury, Retail Credit, Corporate Credit, Debt syndication, Capital & market, general banking. He has handled amalgamation of Treasury operations and financial statements of Allahabad Bank with Indian Bank. During his tenure with Indian Bank he has set up Derivative Desk, Currency Futures and Wealth Management Services apart from launching other banking products.
He has done MBA (Marketing), Post Graduate Program in Banking & Finance, M.Com. He is certified Associate from IIB. He is an all India Topper in Diploma in Treasury and Risk Mgt from IIBF. He is also Certified Financial Planner from FPSB, India.He has participated in Leadership Development Program conducted by IIM, Bangalore in association with Bank Board Bureau (Now FSIB).
He was also on the Boards of Reliance ARC, IBMBS, IBHL as Nominee Director during his tenure with Indian Bank.
Job Titles:
- Treasurer
- Treasurer, HDFC Bank Ltd
Mr. Ashish Parthasarthy - Treasurer, HDFC Bank, is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and has over 29 years of experience in the Indian financial markets. His career encompasses a wide ranging experience across domains like Money Markets, Bullion, Foreign Exchange and Balance Sheet Management. In his capacity as the Treasurer, he not only manages the bank's entire treasury operations but is also responsible for the overseas' balance sheet as well.
Job Titles:
- Head - Fixed Income & Forex Trading, ICICI Bank
Manish heads proprietary trading at ICICI Bank for the fixed income and fx markets. He joined the bank in October 2018, prior to which he worked for 6 years as Executive Director at Goldman Sachs' Indian primary dealership business. He also had a long innings of 12 years at ICICI Securities Primary Dealership before his move to Goldman and now has over 22 years of experience in the Indian treasury markets. Over the course of his long career, he has traded almost the entire gamut of cash and derivative products in the macro space and brings with him immense product and market expertise. Manish is an active thought leader and market reform advocate, who is regularly in touch with regulators on several market development issues. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and is an avid reader, a strong swimmer and a passionate travel and photography enthusiast.
Job Titles:
- Deputy Managing Director
- Deputy Managing Director at State Bank of India
Mr. Nand Kishore is currently posted as Deputy Managing Director (Global Markets) at State Bank of India, Corporate Centre, Mumbai. Global Market Unit looks after entire investment portfolio of SBI, with investments of over 15 trillion Rupees.
Prior to the current assignment, Mr. Nand Kishore was heading the SBI operations in the state of Karnataka as Circle Chief General Manager.
Mr. Nand Kishore joined in State Bank of India as Direct Recruit (Probationary Officer) in 1990 and has worked extensively for the past 33 years in major banking verticals like Branch banking, International Operations, Treasury Operations, Corporate Banking and Retail Operations of the Bank. Mr. Nand Kishore has worked as Chief Dealer SBI New York, DGM & Chief Operating Officer at Corporate Accounts Group Delhi, DGM (Interest Rate Markets) at Global Markets, General Manager at Corporate Accounts Group BKC Mumbai and Chief General Manager, Bengaluru Circle.
Job Titles:
- President, Head - Treasury & Markets, Axis Bank
Mr. Neeraj Gambhir has recently joined Axis Bank as President & Head, Treasury & Markets. He has over 24 years of experience in the financial industry with expertise is in Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Capital markets, Structured Finance, Credit, Derivatives, Risk management and Investment Banking areas.
Previously he was Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income, India for Nomura in Mumbai where he helped set up and grow Nomura's India fixed income franchise. Before that, he was with Lehman Brothers, India as a Managing Director. Earlier, he was associated with ICICI bank as Senior General Manager and Global head of Structured Finance and Balance Sheet Management. During his tenure at ICICI Bank he also helped set up the Proprietary trading desk with trading capabilities across all asset classes viz Fixed Income, Equities, Currencies and derivative markets.
He has been a part of several working groups and committees set up the regulators and policy makers for developing India's financial markets. He was Chairman and board member of Fixed Income and Money Market Dealers Association of India during 2006-7. He was also involved in setting up of the Clearing Corporation of India and was a nominee director on its board. He was also Co-Chair of the Task force set up by Ministry of Finance, Govt of India for establishing a Public debt management office in India. He was involved in India - Japan discussion for financial co-operation as Nomura representative.
He is a regular expert commentator in print and TV on topics related to financial markets, macro economics and banking.
Neeraj holds a Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science and has done his Post Graduation in Business Management from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow where he was awarded PGP Chairman's Medal.
Job Titles:
- Banker and Treasurer
- Chief General Manager Treasury & Global Markets, Bank of Baroda
Mr. Grover, a seasoned banker and treasurer, is a senior executive in Bank of Baroda. His area of expertise is Treasury Operations where he has spent most of his career and gained skills and expertise in the domain in true holistic sense. Mr. Grover has worked as dealer, chief dealer and front-office in-charge and head of Treasury. Presently, as Chief General Manager, he is heading Treasury and Global Markets in Bank of Baroda.
Besides Treasury Operations, Mr. Grover has vast experience and expertise in other domains of Banking. Earlier in his career, he has worked in the area of branch operations in the capacity of Manager and Branch Head. He has completed two sought after stints of overseas posting. One as Treasury Dealer in Dubai, UAE and second as prestigious position of Chief Executive (European Operations) and Managing Director & CEO of Bank of Baroda (UK) Limited. He has also served for a short period as head of RRB & FIs Division of Bank of Baroda.
Mr. Grover has completed his Post-Graduation degree in M.A. (Economics) from MDU, Rohtak. He has successfully participated in Leadership Development Program of IIM-B which is an initiative of Bank Board Bureau in collaboration with IBA and supported by Department of Financial Service, Ministry of Finance (GoI). Mr. Grover has participated in numerous seminars, workshops and training programs in India and overseas throughout his career.
Mr. Grover has been very active in banking industry and has served in various capacities in industry bodies like FIMMDA and FAI. He has been Secretary, Vice Chairman, Chairman of FAI and the board member of FIMMDA. He was also the board member of Baroda Pioneer Asset Management India Limited.
Job Titles:
- Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers
- General Manager, Union Bank of India
Sudarshana Bhat is a Nominee of Union Bank of India on the Board of the Company. He is a seasoned banker with more than 3 decades of rich experience in Treasury, Credit, Corporate banking, various administrative and functional capacities. He is currently heading the Treasury & Investment Operations of Union Bank of India. He started his banking career in 1986 and rose to become General Manager.
Sudarshana Bhat is a post graduate, a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB), an ACS (inter) and holds a Diploma in Financial Services. He has attended training programmes conducted by various reputed institutes in India and abroad.
Job Titles:
- Head of Treasury, Federal Bank
Mr V Lakshmanan is the Head of Treasury, Federal Bank. He has been in the industry for over 20 years now, of which he spent close to 18 years in BNP Paribas. A specialist in Treasury Sales, he was heading the Corporate Treasury Sales in BNP Paribas. The first 2 years in Federal Bank were directed towards setting up a focused Treasury Sales Vertical. In his current role as a Treasurer in Federal Bank, he manages the Bank's Treasury Operations, covering the Liquidity, Trading and Sales activity of the bank.
Lakshmanan graduated with his Bachelor of Technology from IIT Kanpur and did his Post Gradate Diploma in Business Management from S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, specialising in Finance.
Job Titles:
- General Manager ( Treasury / International Division ) - Central Bank of India
Mr.Vasti Venkatesh holds a Bachelor's Degree and has done MBA in Banking & Finance. He is presently General Manager (Treasury/International Division) at Central Bank of India. He is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.
He has more than 36 years of General experience in Banking in the areas of Treasury, Resources, Operations, Marketing etc. and worked in various positions such as Branch Head, Regional Head in various states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi.
He also has experience of working as Dealer and Chief Dealer in Domestic Treasury.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Head - Financial Markets, India & Head - Macro Trading, South Asia
Parul Mittal Sinha heads Financial Markets for India and Macro Trading for India & South Asia at Standard Chartered Bank. She is a member of Financial Markets Business Management Team (FM-BMT) and is based in Mumbai.Parul was awarded Global Financial Markets Trailblazing Woman of the Year award for 2020, in recognition of her multi-disciplinary contributions.
Parul has 15 years of experience in trading fixed income and currency instruments across London, Singapore, and India market locations. She started her trading career in 2007 with Merrill Lynch International in London and was head of Local Markets Trading for India at Deutsche Bank before joining SCB Mumbai as head of Macro Trading for India in 2019.
Parul holds Bachelor of Technology degree from IIT-D (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM-A (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad). She has done multiple oncampus executive courses over the years from Harvard Kennedy School, LBS (London Business School), and LSE (London School of Economics) for continued learning.
Parul enjoys sports, is learning the Indian classical dance form of Kathak, and volunteers with the Art of Living Foundation, a humanitarian and educational NGO.