Neeraj Gambhir

Group Executive – Treasury, Markets & Wholesale Banking Products

Neeraj Gambhir is the Group Executive – Treasury, Markets & Wholesale Banking Products at Axis Bank since May 2020. He has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry with expertise in Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Capital Markets, Structured Finance, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Investment Banking areas.

Previously, he was the Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income for Nomura Holding Inc. India, where he set up and expanded their Fixed Income franchise in the country. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director of Lehman Brothers India and a Senior General Manager and Global Head of Structured Finance & Balance Sheet Management at ICICI Bank. 

Neeraj is current Vice Chairman of the Fixed Income and Money Market Dealers Association of India. He played a key role in establishing the Clearing Corporation of India and served as a Nominee Director on its Board. He was also the Vice Chairman of the task force constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, to establish a Public Debt Management Office. Additionally, he has participated in India - Japan discussions on financial cooperation. 

He is currently a member of the Mutual Fund Advisory Committee and the Corporate Bonds and Securitization Advisory Committee at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He is also a member of the Board of the Corporate Debt Market Development Fund at SBI Fund Management Limited.

Neeraj Gambhir holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and is a Postgraduate in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, where he was awarded the PGP Chairman’s Medal.