Rakesh Singh appointed private banking head at HDFC Bank


Published: timesofindia.indiatimes.com  | Date :  Feb 9, 2018

COIMBATORE: Rakesh Singh has been appointed as head of private banking at HDFC Bank. He will continue to head the bank’s investment banking, capital markets and financial institutions businesses.

“Private banking is an award-winning, premium wealth management service of HDFC Bank, catering to high net worth (‘HNW’) and ultra-HNW individuals, families and establishments, which aims to successfully manage and grow their wealth,” the bank said.

“Customised, research-backed solutions with stringent quality control at every step is the core of the service. This premium service also includes the bank’s exclusive imperia banking programme to cater to the banking needs of private banking clients,” it said.

“As of December 31, 2017, the private banking business had assets under advice of over Rs 93,000 crore across over 16,000 families in India and overseas,” the bank said.

Singh will report to Abhay Aima, country head, global consumer business, private banking and distribution, direct and digital banking and retail liabilities, HDFC Bank.

“Rakesh’s rich experience and relationship network in investment banking and capital markets, coupled with his knowledge of the Indian economy and capital markets, will strengthen our private banking business,” Aima said.

“Our primary focus will be on continually identifying and tapping wealth creation opportunities for our clients,” Singh said. Singh is an alumnus of IMT Ghaziabad with over 25 years of experience in managing client relationships, debt and capital Markets, structured finance, leveraged finance, debt restructuring and managing proprietary investments.

Prior to joining HDFC Bank, Singh was managing director and co-head, financing advisory at Rothschild. Earlier, he had held key positions at Morgan Stanley, DSP Merrill Lynch, Standard Chartered Bank and ANZ Investment Bank, among others.

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