{"id":151403,"date":"2023-07-13T12:47:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T07:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=151403"},"modified":"2023-07-13T12:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T07:17:29","slug":"sbi-appoints-abhijit-chakravorty-as-sbi-cards-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/sbi-appoints-abhijit-chakravorty-as-sbi-cards-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"SBI appoints Abhijit Chakravorty as SBI Card\u2019s CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SBI appoints Abhijit Chakravorty as SBI Card\u2019s CEO: <\/strong>Abhijit Chakravorty has been named MD &amp; CEO of SBI Cards &amp; Payment Services (SBI Card), the country&#8217;s largest pure-play credit card provider. Chakravorty, who is now a Deputy Managing Director at SBI, will take over his new post on August 12, according to a filing with stock markets by SBI Card. He has been appointed as SBI Card\u2019s MD&amp;CEO for two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incumbent MD &amp; CEO Rama Mohan Rao Amara has tendered his resignation owing to his transfer to SBI. Amara will demit office on August 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chakravorty will take up his new post at a time when the Indian credit card sector is experiencing rapid development in terms of both volume and card spends. Chakravorty, who started his banking career as a Probationary Officer with SBI in 1988, has gained over 34 years of rich experience in Retail and Corporate Banking, Overseas Operations and IT verticals of the bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also served at the Hongkong branch of the Bank. He had a long tenure in Commercial Credit Group and was involved in high value Corporate Lending. As CEO and Country Head, Chakravorty managed SBI&#8217;s Bangladesh operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his previous assignment as Chief General Manager (Channels &amp; Operations) at the Global IT Centre of the Bank, Chakravorty was leading the vertical responsible for IT operations of the customer-facing channels and payment systems. He holds a master&#8217;s degree in applied chemistry and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important takeaways for all competitive exams:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SBI Card Headquarters: Gurugram, Haryana;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SBI Card Founded:&nbsp;October 1998.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SBI appoints Abhijit Chakravorty as SBI Card\u2019s CEO: Abhijit Chakravorty has been named MD &amp; CEO of SBI Cards &amp; Payment Services (SBI Card), the country&#8217;s largest pure-play credit card provider. 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