Shanti Ekambaram
President – Consumer Banking

Shanti Ekambaram heads Consumer Banking and is focused on growing an integrated Consumer Banking Franchise across asset and liability products. Before taking over the reins of consumer banking, Shanti set up several businesses and was the head of the bank's corporate and investment banking business.

D Kannan
President – Commercial Banking

D Kannan heads Commercial Vehicles, Construction Equipment, Tractor Finance, Rural Housing Finance and Loans against Gold businesses, and manages the rural branches of the Bank. Having spent more than two decades at Kotak, Kannan has worked and headed various businesses including Kotak Securities.

Gaurang Shah
President & Group Chief Risk Officer

Gaurang Shah heads integrated Risk Management across the Group, and enables the organisation to maximise value by embedding common risk management systems and framework. He is also responsible in ensuring that the Bank is Basel compliant. He is the chairman of the Credit Committee and the convener of Risk Management Committee, member of ALCO, Credit Committee, First Tier Audit Committee and the New Products Approval Group. He continues to have an oversight on the Insurance and Asset Management businesses of the Group.

G Murlidhar 
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance

G Murlidhar is one of the founding members of Kotak Life Insurance, and is currently the company’s Managing Director & CEO. Over the past decade, Murlidhar has played an instrumental role in establishing a strong operational and service backbone, dovetailing into a highly efficient distribution network for Kotak Life Insurance.

Jaideep Hansraj
Managing Director & CEO
Kotak Securities

Jaideep Hansraj recently assumed charge as MD & CEO of Kotak Securities, the broking arm of Kotak Mahindra Group. He has been with Kotak for over two decades. Prior to this role, Jaideep was head of the Bank’s Wealth Management, Priority Banking and NR business. Under his leadership, Kotak Wealth Management has emerged as the leading wealth management firm in India and has won several accolades and recognition across the industry.

Jaimin Bhatt
President & Group Chief Financial Officer

Jaimin Bhatt heads the Centre Division at Kotak Mahindra Bank, which comprises Finance, Tax, Strategy, Secretarial, Internal Audit, Investor Relations, Management Accounts and Legal & Compliance. Jaimin is also Chairman of the Bank’s First Tier Audit Committee. He has been the Group CFO since 2002.

KVS Manian
President – Corporate, Institutional & Investment Banking

KVS Manian heads Corporate, Institutional & Investment Banking, and is building a high-quality corporate franchise that offers integrated corporate and investment banking solutions. Prior to this, Manian spearheaded the consumer banking business for about eight years.

Narayan SA
President – Group Treasury & Retail Broking 

Narayan helms Integrated Treasury (forex, fixed income, money markets and derivatives), Primary Dealership and Balance Sheet Management units at Kotak Mahindra Bank. Narayan continues to have an oversight of Kotak Securities and Kotak Mahindra Prime.

Venkattu Srinivasan
President – Asset Reconstruction and Structured Credit

Venkattu Srinivasan heads the Asset Reconstruction Division at Kotak Mahindra Bank. He pioneered the business of purchasing non-performing loans in India, and was instrumental in establishing the Asset Reconstruction Division at the Bank. In his two decade innings at Kotak, Venkattu has played a crucial role in setting up several lending businesses such as commercial vehicle loans, tractor finance, construction equipment, farm equipment, SARAL business loans etc.

Virat Diwanji
President – Retail Liabilities & Branch Banking

In his two and a half decade long innings at Kotak, Virat has led over 10 diverse business lines cutting across Assets and Liabilities. He took on the mantle of managing the branch banking business in November 2007. Some of his career milestones include managing the first JV of the Group with an overseas partner, Ford Credit as its Managing Director. In the recent past, Virat has successfully managed the integration of ING Vysya Bank’s retail distribution network with the branch banking network of Kotak.