Corporate Profile

Dr. Adarsh Kishore was appointed Chairman of Axis Bank in January 2010.

He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1969, and later obtained his Ph.D. in Political Economy.

While in service, Dr Kishore held several important positions. When with Government of Rajasthan, he served as Secretary to three Chief Ministers, and as Principal Finance Secretary. In Government of India, he served as Union Finance Secretary. Before that, he worked as Union Secretary, in the Ministries of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. In November 2006, he was appointed as Executive Director, representing India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, to the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA, where he served till November 2009.

Having closely dealt with the sectors of Rural Development, Infrastructure Development, Industry, Public Finance, and Financial Markets, Dr. Kishore has a wide gamut of experience pertaining to Indian and Global economy. In addition to his engagement with Axis Bank, he is also a Director on the Boards of other reputed companies.

Shikha Sharma is the Managing Director & CEO of Axis Bank since 2009. Set up in 1994, Axis Bank is currently the third largest private sector Bank and the 9th largest Bank in terms of total assets in the country.

Smt. Sharma began her career with the ICICI group where she has worked across various verticals like Project Finance, Retail Banking and Investment Banking. Her last assignment was as Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, a leading life insurance company in the private sector.

Smt. Sharma's achievements in the financial sector have received wide recognition. She is a recipient of many business awards notably; 'Transformational Business Leader of the Year' at AIMA's Managing India Awards - 2012, 'Woman Leader of the year' at Blooomberg-UTV Financial Leadership Awards – 2012. She has also been listed in prominent publications, such as Forbes List of Asia's 50 Power Business Women-2012, Indian Express Most Powerful Indians - 2012, India Today Power List of 25 Most Influential Women- 2012.

V. Srinivasan, Executive Director, Corporate Banking, began his career in the financial services industry in 1990 and has worked in the areas of Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Treasury and Foreign Exchange Management.

Before joining Axis Bank, Srinivasan was Managing Director and Head of Markets with J. P. Morgan, India. Srinivasan has served on various RBI Committees including the Technical Advisory Committee, Committee for Repos and Committee for STRIPS. He was a member of the Banking Committee of CII and has also held the positions of Chairman, Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA) and Chairman, Primary Dealers Association of India (PDAI).

He holds an engineering degree from the College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai and is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Srinivasan is a keen sportsperson and is a major cricket enthusiast. He was the driving force behind the launch and conduct of the Axis Premiere League, an in-house cricket tournament.

SomnathSengupta was elevated to the position of Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer in October 2009. Somnath joined the Bank in 1996 and has headed the Finance function since 2003.

A graduate in Economics from the Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi, he has more than 31 years of banking experience ranging from Branch Banking, Foreign Exchange and Treasury Operations and Finance. During his tenure as the CFO, the Bank has successfully raised capital from both the domestic and overseas market.

His achievements in the area of Finance have received industry wide recognition. In 2010, Somnath was given the Best Performing CFO award in the Banking / Financial Services Sector by CNBC TV-18 consecutively for the second time.

Somnath is a passionate long distance runner and participates in marathons.

Snehomoy Bhattacharya is the Executive Director (HR) of Axis Bank since April 2010 and heads the functions of Compliance, Internal Audit, Law and Projects apart from HR in Axis Bank. He has more than 34 years of experience in banking,

A Cost Accountant by qualification, Snehomoy joined Axis Bank in 1994 at Kolkata to set up the International Banking activity there. He has worked in key areas including Branch Banking, Planning, International Banking, Merchant Banking, Capital Markets and HR.

During his tenure as Head, HR the Bank's workforce grew manifold from 700 in the year 2000 to more than 23000, keeping pace with the growth of its network and business.

In his leisure time he likes to listen to old Hindi and Bengali songs and he is also fond of reading.