Abhay Aima

With 35 years of experience, Abhay is known as one of the wizards in the financial space, out of which 24 years are in core banking. Before his appointment to the advisory board, he has worked as Country Head for HDFC Bank, where he used to oversee critical businesses.

A pass out of the National Defence Academy & elementary flying school – Bidar, Abhay Aima began his professional career outside the Air Force in sales before settling into a banking career at Citibank. He then moved on to HDFC Bank and became a member of the core promoter group, and played a key role in building HDFC Bank into one of the most valuable banks in the world. He pioneered the creation of a strong distribution-focused retail bank by initiating sales of mutual funds, insurance, and non-life insurance across retail segments of the bank. Abhay had also turned around the Global Consumer business at HDFC Bank and has run large teams out of India, the Middle East, Kenya, and Hong Kong. Under Abhay’s leadership, the bank won many awards. He has also been recognized as one of India’s Best Market Minds by Outlook Profit.