India's Bandhan Bank CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh to retire in July (updated)

Bandhan Bank

05/04/2024 13:12

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       BENGALURU, April 5 (Reuters) - India's Bandhan Bank  BANH.NS  said on
Friday its Managing Director and Chief Executive Chandra Shekhar Ghosh would
retire on July 9, after spending nearly a decade at the lender.
    According to protocol, the bank is required to submit nominations for a
potential replacement to the Reserve Bank of India, which will give a final
approval for a new CEO of the bank.
    Ghosh had set up Bandhan in 2001 as an NGO. In 2006, it acquired a
non-banking finance company and named it as Bandhan Financial Services (BFSL),
which initially focused on microfinance activities, according to an exchange
filing, which enclosed his letter to the bank's board.
    Subsequently, BFSL and Ghosh applied for a banking license in July 2013. He
served as the MD and CEO of the bank since July 2015.

 (Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)
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