INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ICICI Bank had in June this year appointed Sandeep Bakhshi as chief operating officerMumbai: ICICI Bank on Wednesday said that the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as its chief operating officer (COO)
that the RBI has approved the appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as Wholetime Director designated as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the bank
with effect from July 31, 2018, till July 30, 2021," the company said in a filing to stock exchange BSE."We affirm that Bakhshi is not
debarred from holding the office of Director by virtue of any order of Securities and Exchange Board of India or any other such authority,"
it added.ICICI Bank had in June this year appointed Mr Bakhshi as chief operating officer (COO)
Mr Bakhshi will report to the bank's CEO and managing director Chanda Kochhar
He will be responsible for handling all the businesses and corporate centre functions at ICICI Bank, it had said.Mr Bakhshi joined the ICICI
Bank group on December 1, 1986, in the project financing group of ICICI Limited
In the bank, he was responsible for the wholesale banking, and Small and Medium enterprises business
He was appointed the managing director and CEO of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company on April 1, 2002
Bakhshi was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director and had handled both the Retail and Corporate Banking business of ICICI Bank Limited,
from May 1, 2009 to July 31,2010, according to the filing.He was thereafter appointed the managing director and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life
Insurance Company from August 1, 2010.Mr Bakhshi has obtained his bachelors' degree in mechanical engineering from Punjab Engineering
College, Chandigarh and a post graduate degree in management from Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur
He has over 32 years of experience in finance, banking and insurance, ICICI Bank added.
