UCO Bank chief A K Goel is new IBA chairman, succeeds Union Bank MD

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A K Goel, managing director and chief executive (MD & CEO), UCO Bank is new chairman of banking industry lobby group Indian Bank's Association for 2021-22. He succeeds Rajkiran Rai G, MD & CEO, Union Bank of India.

The Managing Committee of IBA at its meeting held on October 14, 2021 elected Goel as chairman of the association, IBA said in a statement today.

The other office bearers of the Association elected are Dinesh Kumar Khara, Chairman, State Bank of India, L V Prabhakar, MD & CEO, Canara Bank and Rakesh Sharma, MD & CEO, IDBI Bank Ltd as Deputy