Chanda Kochhar

Chanda Kochhar
Born (1961-11-17) 17 November 1961
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Alma mater University of Madras
Occupation Former Managing Director &
CEO; ICICI Bank
Spouse(s) Deepak Kochhar
Children 2

Chanda Kochhar (born 17 November 1961) is the former MD and chief executive officer of ICICI Bank.[1] On 4th October 2018 she stepped down from her position.[2] She is widely recognised for her role in shaping retail banking in India. Amidst the recent investigation related to Videocon bad loans, she was forced by the board of ICICI Bank to take indefinite leave. Sandeep Bakhshi, a veteran banker who was the interim Managing director and CEO became the full time Managing Director and CEO after her resignation. [3]

Early life

Kochhar was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan . She was educated at St. Angela Sophia School, Jaipur. She then moved to Mumbai, where she joined Jai Hind College for B.Com degree of University of Mumbai. After graduating in 1982, she studied cost accountancy from Institute of Cost Accountants of India, and later did a Master of Management Studies degree of University of Mumbai from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. She received the Wockhardt Gold Medal for Excellence in Management Studies as well as the J. N. Bose Gold Medal in Cost Accountancy.[4]

Career

1984–1993

In 1984, Kochhar joined the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI)[5] as a management trainee. During her early years at ICICI, she handled project appraisal and monitoring and evaluated projects in industries such as textile, paper and cement.[4]

1993–2009

Kochhar was instrumental in establishing ICICI Bank during the 1990s. In 1993, Kochhar was appointed as one of the core team members who were assigned the responsibility of setting up the bank. She was promoted to assistant general manager in 1994 and then to deputy general manager in 1996. In 1996, Kochhar headed the newly formed Infrastructure Industry Group of ICICI Bank, which aimed to create dedicated industry expertise in the areas of power, telecom and transportation. In 1998, she was promoted as the General Manager and headed ICICI Bank's major client group, which handled relationships with ICICI's top 200 clients. In 1999, she also handled the strategy and e-commerce divisions of ICICI Bank. Under Kochhar's leadership, ICICI Bank started building the nascent retail business in 2000 focusing largely on technology, innovation, process engineering and expansion of distribution and scale. In April 2001, she took over as executive director.[4] In 2006, Kochhar was appointed as deputy managing director of ICICI Bank. In 2006–07, Kochhar handled the international and corporate businesses of the bank. From 2007 to 2009, she was the bank's chief financial officer (CFO) and joint managing director.[6]

2009 to present

In 2009 Kochhar was appointed as managing director and chief executive officer of the bank and has been responsible for the bank’s diverse operations in India and overseas. [7] She also chairs the boards of most of the bank’s subsidiaries, which include India’s leading private sector life and general insurance companies.

Kochhar is a member of the India–Russia Business Leaders Forum and the US-India CEO Forum.[8] She was the president of the International Monetary Conference, an organisation that annually brings together the chief executives of approximately 70 of the world's largest financial institutions from 30 countries, along with officials from government institutions in 2015–16. She is the deputy chairman of the Indian Banks Association. Kochhar is the chairperson of the board of governors at IIT Vadodara. She is also on the boards of the National Institute of Securities Markets and Institute of International Finance. Kochhar has been a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade & Industry, the Board of Trade and High-Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure. She was co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in 2011.

Kochhar received an honorary doctorate from Carleton University, Canada in 2014,[9] in recognition of her pioneering work in the financial sector, effective leadership in a time of economic crisis and support for engaged business practices. She was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian honours, in 2011. [10]

Acting on a 2016 allegation of a shareholder of Videocon Group over a possible conflict of interest of Kochhar, ICICI Bank's board reviewed its credit approval process and found them strong and cleared Kochhar of the allegations.On 4th October 2018 she stepped down from her position as Managing director and CEO of ICICI Bank. [11].[12]

Recognition

Under Kochhar's leadership, ICICI Bank won the "Best Retail Bank in India" award in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 and "Excellence in Retail Banking Award" in 2002; both awards were given by The Asian Banker. Kochhar personally was awarded "Retail Banker of the Year 2004 (Asia-Pacific region)" by the Asian Banker, "Business Woman of the Year 2005" by The Economic Times and "Rising Star Award" for Global Awards 2006 by Retail Banker International. Kochhar has also consistently figured in Fortune's list of "Most Powerful Women in Business" since 2005.[4] She climbed up the list debuting with the 47th position in 2005, moving up 10 spots to 37 in 2006 and then to 33 in 2007.[13][14] In the 2008 list, Kochhar features at the 25th spot.[15] In 2009, she debuted at number 20 in the Forbes "World's 100 Most Powerful Women list". She is the second Indian in the list behind the Indian National Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi at number 13.[16] In 2010, she fell to number 92 in the Forbes list, but in 2011 bounced back to 43.[17][18] As of 2014, she ranks at #43.[19] And in 2015 she climbed up to #35 again.[20] In 2017, she was ranked at # 32 and she ranked the highest among the 5 Indian woman who made it on the list, which included #57 Roshni Nadar Malhotra, #71 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, #92 Shobhana Bhartia and #97 Priyanka Chopra.[21]

Kochhar has also consistently figured in Fortune's list of "Most Powerful Women in Business" since 2005. In 2009, she debuted at number 20 in the Forbes "World's 100 Most Powerful Women list",[22] and climbed to the 10th spot in 2010.[23] In 2011, she featured in Business Today's list of the "Most Powerful Women – Hall of Fame".[24] In 2011, she also featured in the "50 Most Influential People in Global Finance" List of Bloomberg Markets.[25] Chanda Kochhar was awarded with ASSOCHAM Ladies League Mumbai Women of the Decade Achievers Award on 2 January 2014.[26]

In 2011, Kochhar was awarded the "ABLF Woman of Power Award (India)" at the Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards.[27]

Kochhar was ranked as the most powerful businesswoman in India in Forbes' list of 'The World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2013'.[28] Kochhar was also featured in the Power List 2013 of 25 most powerful women in India by India Today, for the third year in a row.[29]

Kochhar was selected in Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World 2015.[30] In 2015, she was ranked first in the Fortune List of 100 Most Powerful Women in Asia Pacific.[31]

Kochhar ranked 40th on India Today’s ‘High and Mighty Power List 2016’ in 2016.[32] In the same year, she was 22nd in the Forbes Asia’s ‘50 Power Businesswomen List 2016’.[33] She was also listed in Forbes list of ‘The World's Most Powerful Women In Finance 2016’ at number 10.[34]

In 2017, Kochhar was featured in Business World magazine's ‘BW's Most Influential Women’ list as an evergreen woman leader. In May of the same year, she received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship from the Woodrow Wilson Centre located in Washington, US. She is the first leader to receive an award in this category.[35] In the same year, Kochhar was ranked 5th in Fortune’s list of ‘Most Powerful Women in business outside the U.S.’.[36]

Allegations

According to an anonymous whistleblower Kochhar allegedly favoured Videocon Group in lending practices.[37][38] ICICI Bank said it has decided to institute an independent enquiry into the allegations. [39]

Personal life

Kochhar resides in Mumbai, and is married to Deepak Kochhar,[40][41] a wind energy entrepreneur and her business schoolmate. They have two children, a daughter Aarti[42] and a son, Arjun.[4][16][41][43]

References

  1. ↑ "Executive Director's Profile". ICICI Bank. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Chanda Kochhar quits ICICI Bank; Sandeep Bakhshi appointed new CEO - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  3. ↑ "Chanda Kochhar quits ICICI Bank; Sandeep Bakhshi appointed new CEO - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Ms. Chanda Kochhar, Joint Managing Director, ICICI Bank Limited. ICICI Bank official site
  5. ↑ ICICI was merged into its daughter project ICICI Bank in 2002.
  6. ↑ "Chanda Kochhar's Success Story".
  7. ↑ "Chanda Kochhar appointed ICICI Bank CEO from May '09".
  8. ↑ "Chanda Kochhar - India Conference at Harvard".
  9. ↑ "Chanda Kochhar Gets Honorary Degree from Canadian University".
  10. ↑ "Azim Premji, Chanda Kochhar win Padma Award".
  11. ↑ "RBI probed ICICI Bank's loan to Videocon in 2016". The Hindu. 2018-04-03.
  12. ↑ "ICICI Bank chairman backs Chanda Kochhar again, questions timing of charges". Livemint. 2018-04-05.
  13. ↑ "37. Chanda Kochhar". CNN. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  14. ↑ "33.Chanda Kochhar". CNN. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  15. ↑ "International Power 50". CNN. 29 September 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  16. 1 2 Naazneen Karmali (19 August 2009). "The 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  17. ↑ "World's 100 Most Powerful Women list". Forbes. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  18. ↑ "World's 100 Most Powerful Women list". Forbes. August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  19. ↑ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "Chanda Kochhar Forbes 100 in 2015". forbes.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  21. ↑ "World's Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  22. ↑ "The 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. 19 August 2009.
  23. ↑ "Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar among most powerful biz women: Fortune". The Times of India. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  24. ↑ "The most powerful women in Indian business". Business Today. 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  25. ↑ "The 50 Most Influential People in Global Finance". Bloomberg Markets. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  26. ↑ "Director's Profile: Mrs. Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO". ICICI Bank.
  27. ↑ "ABLF Awards 2011 Winners". Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  28. ↑ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2013'". Forbes. May 2013.
  29. ↑ "Fortune names ICICI's Chanda Kochhar as most-powerful Indian woman in business". India Today. 16 November 2012.
  30. ↑ "The 100 Most Influential People". Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  31. ↑ "The 100 Most Influential People". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  32. ↑ "High and Mighty rankings". Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  33. ↑ "Forbes Honors 50 Power Businesswomen in Asia". Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  34. ↑ "The World's Most Powerful Women In Finance 2016". Forbes.
  35. ↑ "Ms. Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director & CEO". ICICI Bank. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  36. ↑ "Most Powerful Women International". Fortune.
  37. ↑ "ICICI Bank to probe charges against CEO Chanda Kochhar". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  38. ↑ "ICICI Bank To Probe Allegations Against CEO Chanda Kochhar". NDTV. Reuters. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  39. ↑ Shukla, Saloni. "ICICI Bank okays external investigation into charges against CEO Chanda Kochhar". ET. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  40. ↑ "Deepak Kochhar | Profile". NuPower Renewables. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  41. 1 2 "Deepak Virendra Kochhar: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  42. ↑ "Deeepak Kochhar's daughter Aarti set to marry beau Aditya". 19 October 2016.
  43. ↑ "Chanda Kochhar's daughter Aarti set to marry beau Aditya". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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