Aditya Puri

Aditya Puri is the Managing Director of HDFC Bank, India's largest private sector bank.^[1][2] He assumed this position in September 1994, making him the longest-serving head of any bank in the country..

Biography

Aditya Puri was born in Gurdaspur District(Punjab) and studied at Punjab University, Chandigarh, gaining a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Career

He has worked in the banking sector for 40 years, in India and other countries, and became CEO of Citibank, Malaysia in 1992. In September 1994 he returned to India as Managing Director of HDFC Bank.^[1]

He presided over HDFC's acquisitions of Times Bank Limited in 2000 and of Centurion Bank of Punjab in 2008.^[1][3]

Awards and honours

2016

• He was the only Indian to feature in Fortune's Businessperson of the Year list.^[4][5]
• Best CEO : Institutional Investor All-Asia Executive Team ranking 2016^[6]
• Outstanding Business Leader of the year-CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) 2015-16^[6]
• FE Lifetime Achievement Award from Financial Express.^[6][7]
• Barron's World's Top 30 CEOs.^[6]

2015

• Best CEO Award - Business Today^[6]
• Business Leader of the Year- AIMA Managing India Awards 2015^[6]
• World's 30 Best CEOs - Barron's ^[6]
• Best CEO- Finance Asia poll on Asia's Best Companies 2015^[6]

2013

• Best Executive in India -Asiamoney^[6]
• Banker of the Year 2013 -Business Standard^[6]
• Best CEO -Institutional Investor^[6]
• Top Achiever -Sunday Standard Best Banker Awards^[6]
• Best Executive in India -Asia Money 2013Best Banker -FE Best Bank Awards^[6]

Personal life

He is the father of actress Amrita Puri.

References