Amitabh Chaudhry is an Indian banker, and the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of

Axis Bank Axis Bank Limited, formerly known as UTI Bank (1993–2007), is an Indian banking and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It sells financial services to large and mid-size companies, SMEs and retail businesses. As ...

, the third largest private sector bank in India. He joined Axis in January 2019, after heading HDFC Life Insurance for nine years.

Education

Chaudhry is an engineer from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and pursued post graduation in business management from

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resource ...

Career

Prior to

HDFC Life HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd. ( d/b/a HDFC Life) is a long-term life insurance provider with its headquarters in Mumbai, offering individual and group insurance services and incorporated on 14 August 2000. The company is a joint venture be ...

, Chaudhry was the MD and CEO of Infosys BPO and the Head of testing unit of Infosys Technologies Ltd. Chaudhry began his career with

Bank of America The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The bank w ...

in 1987 and undertook diverse roles such as Head of Technology Investment Banking for Asia, Regional Finance Head for Wholesale Banking and Global Markets, and Chief Finance Officer of Bank of America (India). Later, he moved to Credit Lyonnais Securities in 2001 as the Head of Investment Banking franchise for South East Asia .

References

Living people Indian bankers Indian chief executives Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad alumni 1964 births Axis Bank {{India-business-bio-stub