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Key people

Mr. K. V. Kamath, Chairman

Mr. K. Vaman Kamath is the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of ICICI Bank Limited, India's second largest bank. Mr. Kamath has a degree in mechanical engineering and did his management studies at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He started his career in 1971 at ICICI, an Indian financial institution that founded ICICI Bank and merged with it in 2002. In 1988, he moved to the Asian Development Bank and spent several years in South-East Asia before returning to ICICI as its Managing Director & CEO in 1996. Under his leadership, the ICICI Group transformed itself into a diversified, technology-driven financial services group that has leadership positions across banking, insurance and asset management in India, and an international presence. He retired as Managing Director & CEO in April 2009, and took up his present position effective May 1, 2009. Mr. Kamath was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian honours, in 2008. He has received widespread recognition internationally and in India, including being named "Businessman of the Year" by Forbes Asia and "Business Leader of the Year" by The Economic Times, India in 2007 and CNBC's "Asian Business Leader of the Year" in 2001. Mr. Kamath was the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2008-09. He is also an independent Director on the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies Limited, Lupin Limited, The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited and Schlumberger Limited. He has been a co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos and is a member of the Board of the Institute of International Finance.

Ms. Chanda D. Kochhar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mrs. Chanda Kochhar is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank Limited. She began her career with ICICI as a Management Trainee in 1984 and has thereon successfully risen through the ranks by handling multidimensional assignments and heading all the major functions in the Bank at various points in time.

In 1993 when ICICI decided to enter commercial banking, she was deputed to ICICI Bank as a part of the core team to set up the bank. When ICICI set up the Infrastructure Industry Group in 1996 to create dedicated industry expertise in the areas of Power, Telecom and Transportation sector, she was handpicked and made incharge of the Infrastructure Industry Group. 

In July 2000, she was chosen to head the Retail Finance division of ICICI and has been instrumental in scaling up the business. In April 2001, she was promoted as an Executive Director, heading the retail business in the Bank. In April 2006, she was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director with responsibility for both Corporate and Retail banking business of ICICI Bank and from October 2006 to October 2007 she handled the International and Corporate businesses of ICICI. In October 2007, she was appointed as the Joint Managing Director & CFO. She was heading the Corporate Centre, was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and was also the official spokesperson for ICICI Bank. 

Mr. N. S. Kannan, Executive Director & CFO

Mr. N.S. Kannan is the Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of ICICI Bank. In addition to Finance, Taxation and Communications, his responsibilities include Compliance, Internal Audit, Corporate Legal and Global Treasury operations. 

Prior to the current assignment, Mr. Kannan was the Executive Director of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company. He looked after the Corporate Centre including the Finance and accounts functions, Investor/analyst relations, Investment Management, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Communications, Human Resources and Business Intelligence. Prior to shifting to ICICI Prudential, Mr. Kannan was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ICICI Bank. 

Mr. Kannan has been with the ICICI group for over 18 years. He joined the ICICI group in 1991 as a project officer. During his tenure at ICICI group, he has handled project finance operations, infrastructure financing, structured finance and treasury operations. 

Mr. Kannan is a postgraduate in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore with a gold medal for best all-round performance. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India and an Honours graduate in Mechanical Engineering.