Vijay Chandok

Biography

Mr. Vijay Chandok is an Executive Director on the Board of ICICI Bank. Mr. Chandok joined the ICICI Group in 1993. In his 23 years with the ICICI Group, he has worked in corporate banking, prior to leading the SME business and the International Banking Group. He was also the Head of ICICI Bank’s Retail Assets and Rural & Agri Banking Group and Vice Chairman of ICICI Home Finance Company Limited in 2008-2009. He also led the integration of the erstwhile Sangli Bank with ICICI Bank. He is on the Board of ICICI Investment Management Company Limited, ICICI Bank UK PLC and ICICI Bank Canada. He also chairs the ICICI Investment Management Company which managed the Emerging India Fund and Private Equity Fund. Under Mr. Chandok’s leadership, ICICI Bank has won awards for being India’s Best Bank in SME financing (private sector) in 2008 (by Dun & Bradstreet) and the Asian Banker Award for Excellence in SME Banking in Asia Pacific, Central Asia and Gulf Region in 2009. In the International Banking space (IBG), Mr. Chandok has been focusing on strengthening the Bank’s franchise across overseas locations (16 locations including subsidiaries in UK & Canada) through leveraging the economic corridors between India and the rest of the world, initiating and developing banking relationships with MNC corporates and building a stable and diversified international funding base. During his tenure, IBG has won several awards including The Best Borrower from India by Finance Asia for four consecutive years (2012-2015) & Dun & Bradstreet’s Best Bank in Private sector for International Business Development consecutively for five years (2011-2015). He holds a Master’s degree in Management Studies from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi (formerly IT-BHU). Mr. Vijay Chandok is responsible for the SME business, Commercial banking and the International Banking Group of the Bank.

Research Interest

banking commerce accounting business management.