Renu Challu

Mrs Renu Challu has over four decades of professional experience in commercial banking, investment banking and in the field of financial services. She has vast experience in strategy formulation, planning and in achievement of goals in her various assignments in State Bank of India and its Subsidiaries. These assignments spanned corporate banking, international banking, retail banking, investment banking and primary dealership. She has served as the Managing Director of State Bank of Hyderabad, as the MD and CEO of SBIDFHI, as the President and Chief Operating Officer of SBI Capital Markets Ltd. And as Dy. Managing Director (Corporate Strategies and New Businesses) in State Bank of India. In her various assignments she played an inestimable role in the growth of the organisations through path breaking initiatives.

She has co-chaired ‘The Centre for Rural Credit & Development Banking’ in NIRD ( National Institute of Rural Development) and has chaired the Hyderabad chapter of PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers’ International Association). She is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. She holds an MA in Economics (gold medallist) from University of Lucknow. In the past she has served on the Boards of Clearing Corporation of India and a number of corporates in the financial and non-financial sectors.