INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mr Basu was the deputy MD of SBI and a former MD and CEO of SBI Life Insurance.Mumbai: Banking professional Arijit Basu has taken over as a
new Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI), an official said on Monday
A deputy MD of the SBI and a former MD and CEO of SBI Life Insurance Co, Basu will be in the post till October 2020 or further orders
With his appointment, announced by the Centre last week, the SBI now has four MDs including B Sriram, PK Gupta and Dinesh Khara
B Sriram last week had assumed charge as managing director and CEO of IDBI Bank.Former MD Rajnish Kumar was elevated as the SBI Chairman in
October 2017.Mr Basu will handle the areas of commercial credit and IT and also additional charge of stressed assets resolution group.He has
earlier held various key assignments in SBI including CGM, Delhi Circle, and regional head and CEO in Tokyo, corporate banking,
international banking, retail banking, HR and business process re-engineering initiatives.An economics graduate with Masters in History, Mr
