C Balagopal

Chairman and Independent Director 

The Federal Bank Limited

Born on 02 October 1952, Chandrasekhar Balagopal completed his schooling from the Lawrence School, Lovedale. He studied at the Loyola College Madras where he completed his BA and MA in Economics. After dabbling in research for a year, he was selected to the IAS in 1977. After postings in Manipur and Kerala in various capacities, he resigned from the IAS in mid-1983 to commercialize technology developed at the SCTIMST for the first time in India to make sophisticated bio-medical devices.

Balagopal was the founding Managing Director of Peninsula Polymers Ltd Limited better known as PENPOL. The Blood Bag factory of TPL is now one of the biggest of its kind in the world has and employs around 1000 skilled persons. TPL also has a Medical Systems Group with a factory at Trivandrum manufacturing a range of specialized equipments used in Blood Banks. TPL products are exported to more than 50 countries.

After a career as an entrepreneur and manager spanning the period 1985-2012, Balagopal sold his shares to Terumo Corp and retired. He now spends his time writing, mentoring, and investing in startups. During his entrepreneurial journey, Balagopal and his company have been bestowed with a number of awards and recognitions, both from Government as well as from other Organizations.

Balagopal is a writer and has written three books. The first, a book ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE INDIA based on his experiences as an IAS officer in Manipur in India’s North East. This book is published by Harper Collins and was released in Delhi and Trivandrum in October 2013. His second book THE VIEW FROM KOLLAM: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SUB-COLLECTOR is also published by Harper Collins, and was released in mid-2015. His third book “MAVELI AND MARKET INTERVENTION: HOW SUPPLYCO HELPED TO HOLD THE PRICE LINE” published by D C Books and released in June 2019. He is working on more books about startups and entrepreneurship, and the next one is expected to be complete shortly.

After retiring from TPL, Balagopal continues to support startup ventures, both as investor and mentor. He is involved with community development projects in Vilappil Panchayat where his factory is located. He has set up the ANAHA Trust which will undertake funding of community development projects in the fields of primary schools, primary healthcare, and rural livelihoods.
 

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Shyam Srinivasan

Managing Director & CEO

The Federal Bank Limited

Shyam Srinivasan took charge as the Managing Director & CEO of Federal Bank on 23rd September 2010. He joined Federal Bank, equipped with the experience of leading multinational banks in India, Middle East and South East Asia, where he gained significant expertise in retail lending, wealth management and SME banking.

Shyam Srinivasan is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapally. He has completed a Leadership Development Program from the London Business School and has served on the Global Executive Forum (the top 100 executives) of Standard Chartered Bank from 2004 to 2010.

At Federal Bank, he has been instrumental in implementing various path-breaking initiatives which include : Increasing the presence and visibility of the Bank to a national level; creating an inherent capability within the Bank to reinvent and re-implement processes - especially the customer-critical ones, initiating the Total Quality Management Journey of the Bank, focusing on under-writing quality at every stage right from credit selection, incubating the human resource potential of the Bank and so on. He continues his mission to create a culture of Ethics and Excellence in the Bank, which he so believes in.

An administrator of national eminence, he has held key positions in the Industry as follows:

• Member of the Managing Committee of IBA.
• Member of the committee on Financial Sector Legislative Reforms set up by Reserve Bank of India.
• Chairman of Kerala State Council of Confederation of Indian Industries.
• Chairman of Policyholder Protection Committee of Ageas Federal

Alternate Chairman in the following committees of the Indian Bank's Association:

• Committee on Risk Management and Basel Implementation
• Agro Business and MSME

He has been conferred  the following awards and recognitions in the recent past:

• Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020
• India’s top 50 Best Leaders in times of Crises 2021’ by the Great Place to Work Institute 
• Exemplary Leadership Award from the Rotary Club
• Rashtriya Udyog Ratna Award instituted by the NEHRDO
• The Greatest Corporate Leaders Of India Award given away by the World HRD Congress
• Global Executive Forum (the top 100 executives) of Standard Chartered Bank from 2004 to 2010
• Best Banker of the Year 2020 by the State Forum of Bankers Clubs (SFBC), Kerala 
• Distinguished Alumnus Award 2017 of IIM Calcutta 
• Recipient of Distinguished Alumnus Award of NIT, Trichy  
   

A P Hota

Independent Director

The Federal Bank Limited

A P Hota is a post graduate in English Literature and a Certified Associate in Indian Institute of Bankers. He has banking experience of over 27 years across Technology and Payment Systems. He has been the MD & CEO of the National Payments Corporation of India over a period of 8 years (from 2009-2017). 
He also has experience of working in the Boards of Vijaya Bank and Andhra Bank in the past, as RBI Nominee Director. Currently he is also Director on the Board of IDBI Intech Ltd, Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company and NSDL e-Gov Infrastructure Limited.

Siddhartha Sengupta

Independent Director

The Federal Bank Limited

Siddhartha Sengupta is a seasoned banker with rich experience and has worked in various leadership positions in India and abroad. He has over 36 years of banking experience with State Bank of India. He was the Chairman of the Board of 5 overseas subsidiaries of SBI.  The last position he held in SBI was Deputy Managing Director – International Banking. He represents SSI, Risk Management and Banking sectors on the Board of Federal Bank

CA Manoj Fadnis

Independent Director

The Federal Bank Limited

CA Manoj Fadnis is the founding partner of Fadnis  & Gupte , Chartered Accountants. He was elected as the President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for the year 2015-16. During 2010-13, he was the chairman of Accounting Standard Board (ASB) of ICAI. He spearheaded the process of the formulation of Indian Accounting Standards converged with the International Financial Reporting Standards. He was the President of Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants from 2017 to 2019. He was member of Small and Medium Practices Committee (SMPC) of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) from 2016-18. He is also on the Board of various companies

Sudarshan Sen

Independent Director

The Federal Bank Limited

Sudarshan Sen has varied experience of over 36 years working in the RBI in the areas of Banking, Finance and Risk Management. He has rich experience as a central banker and in the field of bank supervision and regulation. He holds an MBA in International Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham, UK. He was elevated to the post of Executive Director of RBI in the year 2016.

Varsha Purandare

Independent Director

The Federal Bank Limited

Varsha Purandare has a varied experience of 36 years in credit, forex, treasury, capital markets, investment banking, SSI and private equity businesses of State Bank of India (SBI) & SBI Capital Markets Ltd (SBICAPS) across geographies domestic & globally. She also served various Boards & Committees of several businesses of SBI and other institutions. She was also the former MD & CEO of SBI Capital Market Limited. She was the Deputy Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer/ Chief Risk Officer (CCO/CCRO) of State Bank of India (“SBI”), from May 2014 to November 2015. Presently, she also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of various companies.

Sankarshan Basu

Independent Director

The Federal Bank Limited

Sankarshan Basu is a professor of quantitative finance and risk management at IIM Bangalore. He has been involved in teaching, research, consulting and academic administration for more than 19 years covering areas in finance, financial markets, financial products, banking, clearing and settlement, risk management etc. He has specialisation in statistics and has been a Board member of The Clearing Corporation of India Limited, Bilcare Limited, BgSE Properties and Securities Limited and Bangalore Stock Exchange Limited. 

Ramanand Mundkur

Independent Director

The Federal Bank Limited

Ramanand Mundkur is a graduate from National Law School of India University having over twenty years of international work experience. He has worked as tax and legal practitioner with the global consulting firm Arthur Andersen till December 1997. Thereafter, he joined United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva as a lawyer and assisted the UN Commission in assessing compensation to banks/ companies/ business that suffered losses due to first gulf war and worked with UN Commission until May 2001. Later, he joined International Monetary Fund in Washington DC in 2002 and worked till 2007 before setting up Mundkur Law Partners firm in 2007. He specializes in providing legal and business advice for mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investment, securities regulation and insolvency resolution & winding up of companies.

Shalini Warrier

Executive Director

The Federal Bank Limited

Shyam Srinivasan

Managing Director & CEO

The Federal Bank Limited

Shyam Srinivasan took charge as the Managing Director & CEO of Federal Bank on 23rd September 2010. He joined Federal Bank, equipped with the experience of leading multinational banks in India, Middle East and South East Asia, where he gained significant expertise in retail lending, wealth management and SME banking.

Shyam Srinivasan is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapally. He has completed a Leadership Development Program from the London Business School and has served on the Global Executive Forum (the top 100 executives) of Standard Chartered Bank from 2004 to 2010.

At Federal Bank, he has been instrumental in implementing various path-breaking initiatives which include : Increasing the presence and visibility of the Bank to a national level; creating an inherent capability within the Bank to reinvent and re-implement processes - especially the customer-critical ones, initiating the Total Quality Management Journey of the Bank, focusing on under-writing quality at every stage right from credit selection, incubating the human resource potential of the Bank and so on. He continues his mission to create a culture of Ethics and Excellence in the Bank, which he so believes in.

An administrator of national eminence, he has held key positions in the Industry as follows:

• Member of the Managing Committee of IBA.
• Member of the committee on Financial Sector Legislative Reforms set up by Reserve Bank of India.
• Chairman of Kerala State Council of Confederation of Indian Industries.
• Chairman of Policyholder Protection Committee of Ageas Federal

Alternate Chairman in the following committees of the Indian Bank's Association:

• Committee on Risk Management and Basel Implementation
• Agro Business and MSME

He has been conferred  the following awards and recognitions in the recent past:

• Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020
• India’s top 50 Best Leaders in times of Crises 2021’ by the Great Place to Work Institute 
• Exemplary Leadership Award from the Rotary Club
• Rashtriya Udyog Ratna Award instituted by the NEHRDO
• The Greatest Corporate Leaders Of India Award given away by the World HRD Congress
• Global Executive Forum (the top 100 executives) of Standard Chartered Bank from 2004 to 2010
• Best Banker of the Year 2020 by the State Forum of Bankers Clubs (SFBC), Kerala 
• Distinguished Alumnus Award 2017 of IIM Calcutta 
• Recipient of Distinguished Alumnus Award of NIT, Trichy  

Shalini Warrier

Executive Director

The Federal Bank Limited

Harsh Dugar

Group President & Country Head - Wholesale Banking

The Federal Bank Limited

Harsh Dugar is  the Group President & Country Head of Wholesale Banking at Federal Bank. He is currently responsible for Corporate Banking, Capital Markets operations, Institutional Banking, Commercial Banking, Agri, Micro, Rural Banking, Government Business and Commercial Vehicles/Construction Equipments across the country.
Harsh joined Federal Bank in 2016 as Country Head for Corporate and Institutional Banking with a prior experience of 20 years at HDFC Bank. He has significant experience in Wholesale banking across various geographies.
He holds a bachelor’s degree with Honors in Accounting & Finance from the University of Calcutta and was a University Topper. He is a qualified CWA and CFA with All India Rank holding. He was a part time faculty with ICFAI Business School, Kolkata during the initial days of his career.

Venkatraman Venkateswaran

Group President and CFO

The Federal Bank Limited

Venkatraman Venkateswaran, is the group president & CFO currently working as Chief Financial Officer at Federal Bank. He is a Chartered Accountant with a graduate degrees in Law and Economics. He has more than three decades of professional expertise in Banking and Compliance, with international exposure. He is also equipped with an Executive MBA from Indian Institute of Management.

He has worked with HSBC and SCB in Global Finance Operations, Financial Compliance, Operations, Technology and support functions in various capacities. He joined Federal Bank in April 2021.  Venkatraman has also held senior positions responsible for financial management, reporting and financial control in large corporations like Indian Rayon & Industries (Aditya Birla Group), the Singapore based Kewalram Chanrai Group and worked as CFO with Invensys India Pvt Ltd.

Ajith Kumar K K

President & Chief Human Resources Officer

The Federal Bank Limited

Ajith Kumar K K, is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of the Bank. He oversees  Human Resources, Corporate Services and CSR at Federal Bank. He joined Federal Bank on 10th September 1987 as Probationary Agricultural Officer. He is a seasoned banker with more than 32 years of experience in various facets of banking. He has headed branches, zones, credit departments and various other business departments.and has worked in different parts of the country before taking charge as the CHRO.

Divakar Dixit

EVP & Head - Credit

The Federal Bank Limited

 Divakar Dixit currently heads the - Credit department (CB, BuB, Retail & Agri). He is a seasoned credit expert who has worked in senior roles at various leading Organizations. He joined us on 18th May 2017 from HDFC Bank, where he was Vice President – Credit Risk & Large Corporate. Prior to that he has worked with ICICI Bank, Global Trust Bank and United Western Bank.  Divakar is a qualified Cost Accountant and completed executive program on Business Management from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.

Nandakumar V

EVP & Head - Branch Banking

The Federal Bank Limited

 Nandakumar V currently heads Branch Banking at Federal Bank. He joined Federal Bank as Agricultural Officer in the year 1987. He has headed various branches Pan India and has headed multiple regions and credit hubs. He is an Agri Graduate qualified MA, MBA and CAIIB. He has an MA and MBA to his credit.

Johnson K Jose

Executive Vice President & Head-Operations, Controller - Transaction Banking & FedServ

The Federal Bank Limited

 Johnson K Jose is currently the Head of Operations & Controller of Transaction Banking & FedServ. He joined Federal Bank on 24th February 1997 as Manager (Systems). He has over 24 years of experience in Information Technology. He is a BE (Electronics) Graduate having good exposure in IT. He headed Information Technology Department and Federal Operations & Services Limited (FedServ) prior to his current assignment.

Sanjesh Kumar

Executive Vice President and Head - Large Corporate Hub

The Federal Bank Limited

 Sanjesh Kumar currently heads Credit (CIB) at Federal Bank. He is a seasoned banker with a rich experience in credit and Market Risk. He joined Federal Bank on 24th January 2018 from HDFC Bank, where he was Head – North, Wholesale Credit Risk. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with17 years of experience in banking. 

Kapil Bhatia

EVP & Country Head - Corporate & Institutional Banking

The Federal Bank Limited

 Kapil Bhatia is currently the Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking at Federal Bank. He has over 20 years of experience in trade Finance, Credit and transaction banking. He has worked as VP & Unit Head – Corporate Banking at HDFC Bank and associate Director at BNP Paribas prior to joining us. He has acquired an MBA (Finance), PG Diploma in Marketing & Mini - MBA from Rutgers University USA.

Pitchai Mahalingam

Senior Vice President & Internal Auditor

The Federal Bank Limited

Pitchai Mahalingam is currently functioning as the Internal Auditor of the Bank, heading the Inspection & Audit Department. He joined Federal Bank on 10th July 2017. He is a seasoned banker with more than three decades of experience in Transaction Banking, Corporate Banking and Digital Banking.  Prior to joining us, he was instrumental in setting up and running the Transaction Banking divisions for large domestic and multi-national banks in India such as Corporation Bank, ICICI Bank, Barclays Bank, DBS & KVB. He has vast experience in implementing various systems and processes related to Transaction Banking and Corporate digital banking channels in Banks.

Mohan K

Senior Vice President & Country Head - Agri, Micro & Rural Banking

The Federal Bank Limited

 Mohan K is presently handling the role of Country Head- Agri, Micro & Rural Banking. He  joined Federal Bank as Agricultural Officer in the year 1987. He worked as Agri Officer at various branches and headed Kolhapur, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai Regions. He worked as the Principal Officer of SME, Agri Business Department and Business Banking Department before his present stint as Country Head – Agri, Micro & Rural Banking. 

Lakshmanan V

Senior Vice President and Head Treasury

The Federal Bank Limited

 Lakshmanan V currently headsTreasury at Federal Bank. He joined Federal Bank on 12th April 2018 as Head – Sales (Derivatives & Treasury Products). Prior to joining Federal Bank, he worked with BNP PARIBAS, where he was Global Markets – Head, Corporate Treasury Sales, India . He earnedhis Engineering degreefrom Indian institute of Technology, Kanpur and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai. 

Sunil Kumar K N

Chief Compliance Officer

The Federal Bank Limited

 Sunil Kumar is currently the Chief Compliance Officer of the Bank. He is a Postgraduate in Law, having more than two decades of proficiency in Banking and Law. He joined Federal Bank on 15th July 2019. He has got vast experience and expertise working with various banking institutions in different capacities related to banking laws, forex regulations, negotiable instruments, trade finance, cash management, wholesale bank compliance, documentary trade products and open account products including Supply Chain Finance in the industry. He was also actively associated with many expert committees and working groups constituted by Reserve Bank of India and Government of India.   Before joining Federal Bank, he was working as Head - Trade Compliance (in Transaction Banking) at Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), Singapore, handling responsibilities related to Trade Compliance. He has also headed the Corporate Finance and Transaction Banking at SCB India.

Damodaran C

Chief Risk Officer

The Federal Bank Limited

Damodaran is presently the Chief Risk Officer of the Bank. He joined Federal Bank on 24th August 1998 as Probationary Officer. He has more than 23 years of experience in various facets of banking which includes Branch Banking, Risk Management, Planning, MIS & Analytics. Damodaran played a major role in implementation of Basel norms in the Bank. He has more than 13 years of experience in Risk Management covering Market Risk, Credit Risk and Operational Risk. He was heading Planning, MIS & Analytics Department of the Bank, prior to his appointment as Chief Risk Officer of the Bank in May 2021.

M V S Murthy

Chief Marketing Officer

The Federal Bank Limited

Mr. MVS Murthy joined the Bank as Chief Marketing Officer on 06.07.2022 and would be responsible for the functions of Marketing Department. M V S has got vast experience across BFSI in Banks, Insurance, Broking and Mutual Funds namely Ogilvy, Urja Communications, ICICI Bank, Edelweiss, TATA AIG and Tata Mutual Fund. He is a strong CXO level Marketing led Business & Entrepreneurial Leader with an exceptional track-record of building and leading high growth verticals. Prior to joining us, he was Heading – Marketing, Digital & Corporate Communication at TATA AMC.

M V S holds an MBA specialised in Marketing from ITM, Bombay, and has successfully completed a Professional Program in Board Governance from SP Jain School of Global Management.

Souvik Roy

Head-Investor Relations

The Federal Bank Limited

Mr. Souvik Roy is currently heading the Investor Relations portfolio of the Bank. He joined Federal Bank as an Officer in 2014. He has handled Branch Banking and was a part of the Treasury Dept in the past. Prior to his current assignment, he was working in the Secretariat of the Managing Director & CEO. He has completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance. He is also a Certified Credit Officer, Certified Treasury Dealer, Certified Banking Compliance Professional and Certified Risk Professional from the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance along with CAIIB.

Samir P Rajdev

Company Secretary

The Federal Bank Limited

 Samir P Rajdev joined Federal Bank as Deputy Company Secretary in January 2019. He was elevated to the post of Company Secretary in December 2019. Prior to joining Federal Bank, he has worked with NCDEX, Yes Bank, NSE and ISE. He is a qualified CS and has completed Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification.