Ganesh Sankaran
Group Executive - Wholesale Banking Coverage Group - Axis Bank
Ganesh Sankaran is the Group Executive - Wholesale Banking Coverage Group at Axis Bank since March 2019. He has nearly 25 years of experience across coverage, credit and risk functions and has handled verticals like Corporate Credit, Financial Institutions, Business Banking, Mortgages, Commercial Transportation, Equipment Finance & Rural Lending.
At Axis Bank he supervises all functions under Strategic Coverage Group, Strategic Initiative Group, Corporate Client Coverage Group, Mid - Corporate Group, Global Financial Institution Department, Government Business Group, MNC/New Economy Group and Commercial Banking Department.
Before joining Axis Bank, he was an Executive Director at Federal Bank. His responsibilities included creation of a robust business architecture across the Wholesale Bank, Micro/Rural bank and Business Banking. He was also responsible for the international offices of Federal Bank. Additionally, he has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for Equirus Capital and Fedbank Financial Services. Prior to that, he was associated with HDFC Bank where he was Co-Head, Corporate Banking and was responsible for leveraging relationships across corporate and wholesale segments.
Ganesh holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune & a graduate degree in engineering from VJTI, Mumbai.
