S Sridhar

Independent Director

Mr. S. Sridhar, aged 63 years, is an Independent Director of the Company. He studied at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. He was awarded the Lord Aldington Banking Research Fellowship for the year 1984 by the Indian Institute of Bankers. He has received many awards / honours, particularly for his innovative business models and intuition building.

He was Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India until May 31, 2011 and earlier of National Housing Bank, India’s regulator of Housing Finance Companies and the apex Financial Institution for housing. He is a banker with about 40 years experience in commercial and development banking of which 13 years were at the CEO / Board level. He is widely acknowledged to be an innovative, market oriented banker and strategic thinker having provided transformational leadership to the organisations he had worked for. He was a pioneer in championing the concept of affordable housing in India and contributed significantly to public policy formulation.

Mr. Sridhar started his career with State Bank of India, India’s largest commercial Bank. He also worked as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Export Import Bank of India, India’s apex export financing institution between 2001 and 2006. 

Currently, he serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of various companies, and also as a consultant to financial services companies. 

Mr. Sridhar has served in various national level committees and task forces for framing financial sector policies. He was on the Managing Committee of the Indian Banks’ Association, served on the Emerging Markets Council of the Institute of International Finance, Washington DC. He has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international Conferences including Chatham House Lectures.