Vijayalakshmi R. Iyer

Ms. Vijayalakshmi R. Iyer is a former member (Finance & Investment) of IRDAI and Chairperson & Managing Director (CMD) of Bank of India (BOI) with nearly four decades of service and contributions to the Indian financial sector. In her role as CMD, Ms. Iyer revamped BOI as a Financial Supermarket offering all kinds of banking and financial services under one umbrella. Given her efforts, she was honored with the best PSU Bank Award (BOI) for overall growth in performance by Dun & Bradstreet and second Most Trusted Brand among PSU Banks by Economic Times. Ms. Iyer has also served as Executive Director in the Central Bank of India. She was conferred the Golden Peacock Excellence Award for best HR practices at Central Bank. She has been a speaker at a number of Prominent Conferences & Forums including World Bank, Harvard Business School, Indian School of Business (ISB), CII, ICRA, ASSOCHAM, BCCI, etc. She has also been on the advisory board of several committee’s including Committee on Corporate Bond Market (SEBI), National Institute of Bank Management, Wage Negotiation Committee - Indian Banks Association (IBA) and was Head of Risk Management Committee in IBA. She is a Commerce graduate and also a fellow of CAIIB of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance.