SANJIV BHASIN
Chief Executive Officer

Master of Business Administration in Finance
XLRI Jamshedpur

B.Com (Hons) degree in Accounting and Finance
Delhi University, India

Date first appointment as Director:
19-Nov-15

Date of last re-appointment:
18-Nov-19

Length of service as Director:
4 years 7 months

Effective date of resignation as Director:
The effective date of resignation being the date when the contract of employment expires or is terminated (refer to page 54 for such information).

Present directorship 
Other non-listed entities:
AfrAsia Capital Management Limited

Sanjiv has over 40 years of banking experience, having held senior positions in Asia, Africa and UK markets. He has headed international banks for more than 20 years as the CEO. He started his career with HSBC in 1979 and has worked in various capacities in corporate and investment banking, credit and risk management divisions in India, UK and Mauritius until 2004. His last role at HSBC was Chief Operating Officer at HSBC India. From 2004 to 2008, he was the Managing Director and CEO of Rabobank in India, growing the franchise to become the largest one in all Asia. He thereafter took office as CEO of DBS India, leading them to be the fourth largest foreign bank in the country. During his tenure, he launched DBS India’s Digital Banking locally.
He is a successful leader of change, and has a deep intercultural understanding and astuteness in leveraging on his team’s individual and collective efforts to drive growth, both at corporate and operational levels. Sanjiv continues to build beneficial customer and staff relationships by being a facilitator in designing the ideal people-technology combination for a successful transformational change anchored on an innovative mindset. Sanjiv is also a council member on the AfrAsia Foundation.

Country of residence:
Mauritius