Mr. Gautam Vir has over 29 years of banking experience across India, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Eastern Europe. He returned to India after 14 years in 2005 as Managing Director & CEO of the Development Credit Bank (DCB).
Mr. Vir is credited with turning around DCB. The Bank had a successful IPO in October 2006 against all odds.

Prior to joining DCB, he was the CEO of Hebros Bank (Sofia, Bulgaria) from 2000-2005. Mr. Vir has held very senior positions in Citibank N.A., Singapore, and Standard Chartered Bank, Dubai, where he was Head Personal Banking. He was involved in setting up the Citibank NRI business in India and after that from 1988 to 1991 was Vice President and Area Director, Eastern India, and commenced their retail business there.

Gautam Vir is an alumnus of St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, where he did his B.A. (Hons.) in Economics and also holds a P.G.D.M. from IIM Kolkata.

Mr. Kasad brings with him over 22 years of top management experience across Finance, Corporate Secretarial, Legal, Compliance and other general management functions. He started his career with A. F. Ferguson & Co., Chartered Accountants in 1985. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Kasad was Senior Vice President & CFO of Countrywide’s BPO and IT Services Operations in India.

A top ranking FCA, FCS, AICWA and LLB, Mr. Kasad is an alumnus of St. Xavier’s School and Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics. He is also a member of the National CFO Guild of Senior Financial Professionals.

Mr. Krishnamoorthy is a B.Com., an A.C.A., and a CAIIB. He has over 22 years of experience in banks such as the Standard Chartered Bank and Commerzbank.

Mr. Batra holds a B.E. degree and has also done his MMS. He has 20 years of banking experience, out of which 17 have been with Citibank NA in India and overseas in various capacities. Prior to joining the Bank, he was with IndusInd Bank as Senior Vice President & Head of Corporate Banking.

Mr. Kutty brings with him around 16 years of banking experience. He has worked with Citibank’s Indian and international operations where he successfully managed multiple consumer banking businesses including Credit Cards, Personal Loans, Home Loans, Branch Banking and Wealth Management. As Area Director for Bangalore for Consumer Banking, he was instrumental in scaling up the remote banking Suvidha experiment into a highly profitable customer proposition. Prior to joining DCB, he was the Area Director for Citibank’s NRI Business in North America. Mr. Kutty holds a B.Com and an MBA degree.

Mr. Patankar is a B.Tech. from IIT, Kanpur and has a PGDBM from IIM, Ahmedabad. He has 15 years of experience in the areas of project finance, banking and technology in organizations including ICICI Bank and 3i Infotech (formerly ICICI Infotech). Prior to joining the Bank, he was the Director, CIO & Business Head of Apnaloan.com, a company in the financial services industry co-founded by him.

Mr. Venkattesh holds a B.Com. degree and is an MBA in Personnel Management. Prior to joining the Bank, he was with Standard Chartered Bank as Head, Human Resources - Countries. He has over 16 years of experience in the areas of Human Resource Management and Mergers and Acquisitions.

Susheel Kak brings with him over 30 years of corporate and commercial banking experience. He has worked with several large nationalised, private and foreign banks.

Prior to joining the Bank, Susheel Kak was the Head of Corporate Banking, at IDBI Bank Ltd. Prior to this, he was with the Deutsche Bank AG (DB) holding various positions before taking over as Director & Head, Corporate Relationship and Global Banking, Northern Region. He also worked as Acting CEO of DB Financial Services Co., a joint venture of DB with the Unilever Group (Brooke Bond India Ltd). Mr. Susheel Kak is a CAIIB and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Law from Mumbai University.