The readers of Institutional Investor Magazine have voted Aditya Puri, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HDFC, as the best banking CEO in Asia. The magazine’s readership is comprised of investment professionals that encompass 1541 companies based in Asia excluding Japan. These votes were cast as part of the magazine’s All-Asia Executive Team rankings 2016.
Apart from Mr. Puri, Sashi Jagdishan, the Chief Financial Officer of HDFC was also ranked as Asia’s best CFO. Apart from the top brass, HDFC Bank itself, India’s second largest private sector lender, was ranked as the best IR Company by the Institutional Investor Magazine.
HDFC Bank was picked by the magazine’s readers under the three major categories namely – Best IR Company, Best CEO and the Best CFO, all of which it won. The results of this survey highlight the exemplary use of technology made by HDFC bank especially with regards to its operations in the semi-urban areas.