Biographies

In a long and distinguished career, Amitabh has been unafraid to take risks, challenge norms and push the boundaries of conventional thinking across industries. Amitabh runs Axis Bank, a financial conglomerate, together with a world class leadership team and a clearly defined vision of being a bank that fulfils the aspirations of a new, resurgent India through smart banking solutions. Over the past four years, Axis Bank has turned in industry leading performance on growth, profitability, and sustainability through a mix of deep investments in digital, focus on customer experience, making a strategic bet on Bharat and being prudent on risk. The Bank also acquired the consumer business of Citibank India recently to strengthen its wealth and credit card portfolio. These efforts under his leadership are clearly visible in the upward trajectory of Axis Bank’s performance.

Before joining Axis Bank, Amitabh had a long stint as the CEO of HDFC Life, when he built one of the most valued life insurance franchises in the country. He built a culture of product innovation and a digital-first approach, shaping the industry’s thought process and future aspirations. Amitabh started his career with Bank of America where he donned diverse roles like head of technology investment banking for Asia, regional finance head for wholesale bank and CFO (India). After 16 years of banking, he switched careers and became part of the founding leadership team at Infosys BPM in 2003. He built a successful process outsourcing business in his 8 years stint, that set a benchmark on the nature of work that could transition to India along with profitability. He also handled the Validation Services portfolio at Infosys.

Amitabh is the Chairperson of the FICCI National Committee on Banking, since 2019. He has also served as Director on the board of several reputed organizations and has received numerous awards and recognitions. In his spare time (which he promises he has), he reads extensively, listens to music (Sufi being a particularly favourite genre) and contributes to causes dear to his heart.