Executive Director, Indian Bank
Mr. Mahesh Kumar Bajaj is a Postgraduate (M.Sc.) in Applied Mathematics from Kurukshetra University and is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.
He started his banking career as Probationary Officer with Indian Bank in June 1993 and has over 30 years of experience working in diversified areas both in India and Singapore. During his tenure, he worked in all key banking functions in various capacities viz., Corporate, Transaction, Retail, Rural, Treasury & FX, NPA Management, Human Resources & Internal Audit. He led the International Division, Integrated Treasury and headed Large Credit Branches of the Bank. As the CEO of Indian Bank, Singapore, he has brought various new initiatives viz., setting up of BPR Committee to review the process and procedures, strengthening the compliance aspects, introducing new HR and IT Initiatives in line with the best in Industry. As General Manager – Integration Management Office, he successfully steered amalgamation of Allahabad Bank into Indian Bank.
In his role as General Manager, he was heading the Transformation Management Office, Business Process Reengineering, Digitisation, Analytics Center of Excellence, Marketing and Corporate Communication Departments of the Bank. He was also leading the digital and operating model transformation projects of the Bank – Project WAVE (World of Advanced Virtual Experience) and Project LEAP (Leadership through efficiency, agility and process Transformation).
As an Executive Director of Indian Bank, he is overseeing the Information Technology, Digital Business & Fintech Partnerships, Digital Banking, Transformation Management Office, Change Management & Digital Adoption, Analytics Centre of Excellence, Corporate Communication, Marketing, Recovery & Legal, Resources, Government. Relationship, Wealth Management, Inspection & Audit functions in the Bank.
As a vivid learner, he has attended various training programs and workshops in premier institutes in Singapore and India including Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), IIM (Ahmedabad and Bangalore), IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) Delhi, and CAFRAL. He has also completed Leadership Development Programme of IIM Bangalore, curated by the Banks Board Bureau (now FSIB) besides completing the Corporate Governance Programme conducted by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
Mr. Mahesh Kumar Bajaj has also served as Non-Executive Director on the Board of Experian Credit Information Company of India Private Limited and Reliance ARC Limited. Presently, he is on the Board and various committees of the Board of Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Limited as a Non-Executive Director.