Neeraj Vyas

Mr. Neeraj Vyas is a senior banking professional with over 35 years of experience in the Indian Banking Industry across a range of diverse functions such as Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, Product Development, Human Resources etc. He superannuated as Deputy Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of State Bank of India on 30th June 2018.

As Deputy Managing Director & COO (SBI Corp. Central Mumbai from Jan 2017 to June 2018) he was head of operations (National Banking) of the biggest network in India comprising over 22,000 branches and 58,000 ATMs. He was managing over 2,60,000 personnel deployed nation-wide through 16 Local Head Offices.

During his tenure as Deputy Managing Director (Associates and Subsidiaries from May 2016 to December 2016) and as Chief General Manager (Associates and Subsidiaries from Jan. 2015 to April 2016) he had Overall control through MD (Associates & Subsidiaries), SBI of five associate banks and non-banking subsidiaries viz, SBI Mutual Fund, SBI Capital Markets Ltd and SBI Cards & Payment Services Pvt. Ltd. He was a Director, on the board of the erstwhile associate banks; State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala & State Bank of Travancore. He was also on the boards of non-banking subsidiaries viz., SBI Cards & Payment Services Pvt. Ltd., GE Capital Business Process Management Services Pvt. Ltd. and SBICAP Securities Ltd.

He had also designed and conceptualized the scheme of merger of five Associate Banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with SBI, the biggest merger in the history of banking industry in India.

Further, as Chief General Manager (Corporate Strategy & New Businesses from June 2014 to May 2015) he Implemented SBI “InTouch”, fully automated outlets enabling customers to open savings bank, activate internet banking and receive debit card instantly without manual intervention, Pioneered launch of contactless cards in India, called SBI PayWave, aimed at improving customer experience & operational efficiency.

He was MD & CEO of PNB Housing Finance Limited from 28th April 2020 to 10th August 2020. Earlier, he was Independent Director on the Board of PNB Housing Finance Limited from 19th April 2019 to 27th April 2020. Mr. Vyas holds M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry) degree from Madhav Vigyan Mahavidyalaya, Ujjain (July 1975 to June 1977) from Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.