The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Munish Sharda as Executive Director and full-time director for Axis Bank, who has taken the charge for a period of three years.
Sharda, since September 2021, has served as the Group Executive—retail assets—and Head, Bharat Banking, Axis Bank. With over 25 years of experience in the banking and financial services sectors, he was responsible for driving business growth in rural and semi-urban markets across all product offerings.
Prior to it, he was MD and CEO, Future Generali India Life Insurance, for over seven years, where he led transformation and growth and scaled up the business. He has had a couple of stints in the consumer goods industry with Blow Plast and Larsen & Toubro (L&T).
Sharda started his financial services career with Citibank India. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a postgraduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow.
