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The appointment of Charanjit Singh Attra as chief financial officer (CFO) of State Bank of India — the first c-suite hire through the lateral route at the public sector bank (PSB) — could open the gate for similar CXO-level appointments in other state-owned lenders.
How the 49-year-old chartered accountant handles people-related issues in the country’s largest public sector bank would be keenly watched, both internally and by external stakeholders and peers, say experts from the sector. The PSB has so far only relied on internal talent to fill the position of CFO.
Attra’s peers say two things seem to have
