




Ashok Vaswani’s appointment is for a period of three years from the date of taking charge which shall not be later than January 1, 2024.
Vaswani's appointment is for a period of three years from date of taking charge which shall not be later than January 1, 2024, Kotak Mahindra Bank said in a regulatory filing
The veteran banker said concentration of business power can give results in the short run but poses a risk in the long run.
Kotak said that he is a “big believer” that there are two business models in corporate India.
With the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) gobbling up jobs in the future, Kotak said Indian policymakers will have to look at universal basic income to support the population which stands impacted.
On September 27, Hui Ka Yan, the billionaire chairman of beleaguered property developer China Evergrande Group, was placed under police control
The man who bought out the world’s most revered investment bank, and gave other Indian banks a run for their money
Kotak Bank has delivered 29 percent CAGR over 20 years, racing ahead of the best and biggest banks
Shekhar Iyer, part of the first batch of employees at Kotak & Co, went on to become Senior Vice President-Branch Operations at Kotak Life.
Currently, joint MD Dipak Gupta will be the interim MD and CEO till a new chief is named.
Kotak explained that due to personal commitments, including his son's November 2023 wedding near the end of his tenure in December, he felt it was wise to resign.
Dipak Gupta, who is Joint Managing Director, will take over as interim Managing Director & CEO until December 31, 2023. But there are other frontrunners for the position.
Kotak, along with his relatives and enterprises in which he has beneficial interest, held 25.95 percent of the equity share capital of the bank and 17.26 percent of the paid-up share capital of Kotak Mahindra Bank as on March 31, 2023.
While Uday Kotak took very few risks with his lending, he did take regulatory risks. He has been the only banker to have taken the regulator, the RBI, to court on the issue of not bringing down his stake in the bank to 15 percent.
As an interim arrangement, Dipak Gupta, the Joint Managing Director, will carry out the duties of the Managing Director & CEO until December 31, 2023, subject to the approval of the RBI and the members of the Bank, the bank added.
On August 26, veteran banker Uday Kotak pitched for sustainable development saying risk of existential viability of planet is above business viability.
Earlier, addressing the inaugural session of the summit, B20 Chair N Chandrasekaran expressed his optimism in India's progress, emphasising that 'India's growth journey will shape the world's future'.
Asia's richest banker Uday Kotak was speaking exclusively to CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan at the Banking Transformation Summit today.
Kotak Mahindra Bank MD and CEO picked education, defence, economic growth and social well-being as the areas that India should focus on to become a global leader by 2047
"We would like to state that there is no communication, formal or informal, from RBI to Kotak Mahindra Bank or its Board members on CEO succession," Kotak Mahindra Bank said in a statement