Arun Shrivastava joins Syndicate Bank as MD & CEO

Arun Shrivastava has assumed the charge as managing director and CEO of Syndicate Bank with effect from May 15, 2015.

Prior to joining the Manipal-based bank, Shrivastava was executive director of Bank of India (BoI), looking after the portfolios of finance, strategy & planning, large corporate & mid-corporate business, corporate debt restructuring, project finance & syndication, credit monitoring & asset recovery, and publicity & public relations. He was also overseeing BoI's foreign subsidiaries in Indonesia and Botswana, besides a joint venture called Indo Zambia Bank.

Shrivastava started his career with Bank of Baroda in 1979 as a direct recruit officer. He has been a professional banker with 36 years' experience including his posting as managing director of the bank's subsidiary in Kenya and also as director on the board of the bank's subsidiary in Uganda and Tanzania. Shrivastava's qualifications include MSc, CAIIB and AIBM.