Shikha Sharma

Ms. Shikha Sharma was the Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank, from June 2009 up to December 2018. As a leader adept at managing change, she led the Bank on a transformation journey from being primarily a corporate lender to a bank with a strong retail deposit franchise and a balanced lending book. She has more than three decades of experience in the financial sector, having begun her career with ICICI Bank Ltd. in 1980. During her tenure with ICICI Bank, she was instrumental in setting up ICICI Securities. As Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd., she led the company to become the No.1 private sector life insurance company in India.Mrs. Sharma was a member of RBI’s Technical Advisory Committee, RBI’s Panel on Financial Inclusion, the Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households. She has chaired ICICI’s National Committee on Banking 2015- 2017.

She has a demonstrated track record of building successful and enduring businesses, deep understanding of business through data and analytics and has built businesses based on consumer insight and technology execution.