V G Kannan

Mr. V G Kannan joined the Board of the Bank in January 2020. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Madurai Kamaraj University and has a Master's degree in Business Administration from University of Madras.

He is a career banker with over 38 years of experience in the Banking & Financial Services Space and has held several leadership positions in the Sector. Mr. Kannan has significant experience in Banking & Financial Sector, especially in Credit & Risk Management, Insurance, Capital Markets and Treasury & Fund Management. Mr. Kannan is acknowledged as an authority in Credit, Treasury, Risk and Investment Management in the Banking sector.

He handled several leadership positions with State Bank of India (SBI), its subsidiaries & group companies as Managing Director of SBI. Thereafter, Mr. Kannan was Chief Executive of the Indian Bank’s Association (IBA), where he led the development of sound and progressive banking principles and worked closely with all banks to find resolutions to various systemic and operational issues by introducing new systems or services in the Banking industry. He was on the governing council of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF). He was also Chairman of an RBI appointed committee to examine interchange in ATM services and served as a member of another RBI committee on secondary market for corporate loans.