K. V. Kamath

Kundapur Vaman Kamad
Born (1947-12-02) 2 December 1947
Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Alma mater NIT Karnataka
IIM Ahmedabad
Occupation President of New Development Bank
former Independent director at Infosys
former Chairman of ICICI Bank
Spouse(s) Rajalaxmi
Children Ajay Kamath (son)
Ajnya Kamath Pai (daughter)

Kundapur Vaman Kamath, commonly referred to as K. V. Kamath, is the chief of the New Development Bank of BRICS countries, he has served as the Chairman of Infosys Limited, the second-largest Indian IT services company, and as the Non-Executive Chairman of ICICI Bank, India's largest private bank. Kamath also served as ICICI Bank's Managing Director and CEO from 1 May 1996 until his retirement from executive responsibilities on 30 April 2009.[1]

Kamath took charge as the Chairman of Infosys from N. R. Narayana Murthy on 21 August 2011.[2] Before serving in this position, he was the Non-Executive Chairman of the company from 2 May 2011.

Kamath also serves as an independent director on the boards of the Houston-based oil services company Schlumberger and the Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Lupin. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University.

Early life

Kamath was born on 2 December 1947 in Mangalore, Karnataka. His family hails from the town of Kundapur in Karnataka, and his father's name was Vishwanath Kamath. His mother-tongue is Konkani and he also speaks Tulu, Kannada and English fluently. He spent most of his early years in Mangalore, and attended a Kannada-medium government school. After matriculation, he completed his PUC (Pre-University), which at that time was only one year in length, at St. Aloysius College. After completing his PUC, he joined National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal (known at that time as Karnataka Regional Engineering College) for a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating from NIT Surathkal in 1969, he joined the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) for a Post Graduate Diploma in Management.

Career

After graduating from IIM-A in 1971, Kamath started his career with ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) in the Project Finance division and moved on to different departments to gather experience, including establishing new business lines such as leasing, venture capital, and credit ratings as well as handling general management responsibilities. As part of his general management responsibilities, he initiated and implemented ICICI's computerisation program. Substantial investments in technology from those early years have resulted in systems that are today a competitive advantage for ICICI. Kamath has generally been credited with expanding ICICI's businesses to evolve it into a technology-enabled financial organisation catering to the financial needs of corporate and retail customers.[3]

In 1988, Kamath joined the Asian Development Bank, Manila in their Private Sector department. His principal work experience at ADB was in various projects in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. He was the ADB representative on the boards of several companies.

In May 1996, Kamath returned to ICICI as its managing director and chief executive officer. Kamath was instrumental in expanding the Group's services to the retail customers. He initiated a process of a series of acquisitions of non-banking finance companies in 1996–98 and led the way to the formation of ICICI Bank.

On 2 May 2011, he was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of the second-largest software exporter, Infosys Ltd. (earlier Infosys Technologies Ltd.).[4]

He currently is a Lead independent director at Infosys[5] after having stepped down from chairmanship to make way for N. R. Narayana Murthy. He is designated to be non-executive Chairman of Infosys Board, effective 11 October 2014.[6] After being appointed as the first chief of the New Development Bank set up by the BRICS, he went on to step down from this post of Chairman and Independent Director effective 5 June 2015.[7]

Board membership

Kamath is a member of the Governing Boards of several educational institutions, including the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Indian School of Business, National Institute of Bank Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar and the Manipal Academy of Higher Education. He is the Chairman of Governing Board at Indian Institute of Management Indore.

Kamath is also a member of the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

He also serves on the boards of Schlumberger, Houston-based oil services company, and Lupin, an Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Awards

  • Most e-savvy CEO amongst Asian Banks – The Asian Banker Journal of Singapore[8]
  • Finance Man of the Year Award – The Mumbai Management Association[8]
  • Best CEO for Innovative HR Practices – World HRD Congress[9]
  • Asian Business Leader of the Year – Asian Business Leader Award 2001 (CNBC Asia)[10]
  • Outstanding Business Leader of the Year – CNBC-TV18, 2006[11]
  • Businessman of the Year – Business India, 2005[12]
  • Business Leader Award of the Year – The Economic Times, 2007[13]
  • Businessman of the Year – Forbes Asia[14]
  • Padma Bhushan Award from the Indian government – 2008[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned". Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. ↑ IIFL: KV Kamath: Infosys may spend US$1bn on acquisitions
  3. ↑ Kundapur Vaman Kamath – the force behind ICICI's rise
  4. ↑ "K.V. Kamath is Infosys chairman; Shibulal, the new CEO and MD". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Limited, Infosys. "Infosys - Management Profiles - Board of Directors". Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Vishal Sikka to be CEO and MD of Infosys, Kamath Non-Executive Chairman". news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Infy appoints Seshasayee as non-exec chairman". The Indian Express. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Kamath made banking cool". 20 December 2008.
  9. ↑ "Sitemap". Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  10. ↑ CNBC Asia Business Leaders Awards 2001
  11. ↑ "Indian Business Leader Awards: Who are the winners?". Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "K V Kamath is Business Indias businessman of the year". 1 December 2005.
  13. ↑ Business Leader of the year: K V Kamath
  14. ↑ "K V Kamath is Forbes Asia businessman of the year". Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 9 November 2016.
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