YES BANK & Financial Times launch the 1st International Banking Summit in Mumbai

Financial Times and YES BANK, India’s new age, fourth largest, private sector Bank, are inaugurating the first-of-its-kind International Banking Summit on the theme of Maximizing Future Opportunities in India’s Fast-Growing Financial Sector. This will be held on November 15-16, 2011 at The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel, Colaba, Mumbai.

This exclusive summit will witness the presence of senior national and international bankers, policy-makers and other key decision-makers and thought leaders who will discuss the latest global and domestic challenges facing India’s financial industry and explore how they can be turned into opportunities for local and foreign institutions in one of the world’s fastest growing economies.

The summit Chairman is Dr. Rana Kapoor, Founder, Managing Director and CEO, YES BANK, supported by James Lamont, South Asia Bureau Chief for Financial Times, and Henny Sender, Chief Correspondent, International Finance, Financial Times.

The summit will also seek to analyze the ongoing transformation of the Indian banking sector and include discussions on the challenges that India’s banking sector faces and the opportunities within.

Key speakers include

• Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble Finance Minister, Government of India
• Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, India
• K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
• Subir Gokarn, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
• Jaime Caruana, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
• John Lipsky, Special Advisor to the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• YV Reddy, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India
• Usha Thorat, Director, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL), India
• Lord Desai, Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science

Speaking on this occasion, Dr. Rana Kapoor said, “It is YES BANK’s privilege to host such a unique International Banking Summit that is taking place for the first time in India (Mumbai). The Indian banking sector provides competitive and